Polytheism and Society at Athens.

By: Parker, RobertMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (577 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191534522Subject(s): Athens (Greece) -- Religion | Athens (Greece) -- Social life and customs | PolytheismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Polytheism and Society at AthensDDC classification: 292.080938/5 LOC classification: BL793.A76P375 2005Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I -- 1 Ancestral Gods, Ancestral Tombs: The Household and Beyond -- 2 'Those with Whom I Sacrifice' -- 3 Places of Cult: Athens and the Demes -- 4 International Religion -- 5 Who Prays for Athens? Religion in Civic Life -- 6 'Those Who Make a Profession out of Rites': Unlicensed Religion, and Magic -- 7 Religion in the Theatre -- II -- 8 Festivals and Their Celebrants -- Annexe: The FESTIVAL Skira -- 9 Things Done at Festivals -- 10 The Festival Year -- Annexe: The Oschophoria -- 11 Parthenoi in Ritual -- Annexe 1: Kanephoroi at Brauron? -- Annexe 2: Festivals for Boys: The Religious World of the Gymnasium -- 12 The Panathenaea -- 13 Women's Festivals: Thesmophoria and Adonia -- 14 The Anthesteria and other Dionysiac Rites -- 15 Eleusinian Festivals -- 16 Festivals, Rituals, Myths: Reprise -- III -- 17 Gods at Work I: Protecting the City -- 18 Gods at Work II: The Growth of Plants and Men -- Annexe: Heroes and Heroines -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Attic Festivals: A Check List -- Appendix 2: Alciphron as Heortologist -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Select Index of Sources and Monuments -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- S -- T -- V -- X.
Summary: Probably more is known about the religious life of Athens than of any other ancient city. This book attempts for the first time to give a comprehensive account of that religion from every angle - public festivals are there, including the Eleusinian Mysteries, but so are private rites and magic, and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens. The Athenians emerge as both very pious and very down-to-earth.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I -- 1 Ancestral Gods, Ancestral Tombs: The Household and Beyond -- 2 'Those with Whom I Sacrifice' -- 3 Places of Cult: Athens and the Demes -- 4 International Religion -- 5 Who Prays for Athens? Religion in Civic Life -- 6 'Those Who Make a Profession out of Rites': Unlicensed Religion, and Magic -- 7 Religion in the Theatre -- II -- 8 Festivals and Their Celebrants -- Annexe: The FESTIVAL Skira -- 9 Things Done at Festivals -- 10 The Festival Year -- Annexe: The Oschophoria -- 11 Parthenoi in Ritual -- Annexe 1: Kanephoroi at Brauron? -- Annexe 2: Festivals for Boys: The Religious World of the Gymnasium -- 12 The Panathenaea -- 13 Women's Festivals: Thesmophoria and Adonia -- 14 The Anthesteria and other Dionysiac Rites -- 15 Eleusinian Festivals -- 16 Festivals, Rituals, Myths: Reprise -- III -- 17 Gods at Work I: Protecting the City -- 18 Gods at Work II: The Growth of Plants and Men -- Annexe: Heroes and Heroines -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Attic Festivals: A Check List -- Appendix 2: Alciphron as Heortologist -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Select Index of Sources and Monuments -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- S -- T -- V -- X.

Probably more is known about the religious life of Athens than of any other ancient city. This book attempts for the first time to give a comprehensive account of that religion from every angle - public festivals are there, including the Eleusinian Mysteries, but so are private rites and magic, and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens. The Athenians emerge as both very pious and very down-to-earth.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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