| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 544 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Ancestral gods, ancestral tombs : the household and beyond -- 'Those with whom I sacrifice' -- Places of cult : Athens and the Demes -- International religion -- Who prays for Athens? : Religion in civic life -- 'Those who make a profession out of rites' : unlicensed religion, and magic -- Religion in the theatre -- Festivals and their celebrants -- Annexe : the festival Skira -- Things done at festivals -- The festival year -- Annexe : the Oschophoria -- Parthenoi in ritual -- Annexe I : Kanephoroi at Brauron? -- Annexe 2 : Festivals for boys : the religious world of the gymnasium -- The Panathenaea -- Women's festivals : Thesmophoria and Adonia -- The Anthesteria and other Dionysiac rites -- Eleusinian festivals -- Festivals, rituals, myths : reprise -- Gods at work I : protecting the city -- Gods at work II : the growth of plants and men -- Annexe : heroes and heroines -- Appendix I : Attic festivals : a check list -- Appendix II : Alciphron as heortologist. |
| 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. - ;This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Athens (Greece) -- Religion.
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Polytheism.
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Polytheism. |
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Athens (Greece) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parker, Robert, 1950- Polytheism and society at Athens. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199274835 9780199274833 (DLC) 2005030410 (OCoLC)62133736 |
| ISBN |
9780191534522 (electronic book) |
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0191534528 (electronic book) |
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9780199274833 (alkaline paper) |
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0199274835 (alkaline paper) |
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