| Description |
1 online resource (245 pages). |
| Series |
Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity
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Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity.
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| Summary |
The papers in this volume are based on an international conference organized by Jesper Tae Jensen, 9-10 January 2004 at the Department of Classical Archaeology, together with the Centre for Studies of Antiquities, University of Aarhus. They illustrate the interplay between the studies of classical archaeology, religion, history, and musicology. The eight papers by the young scholars and their Nestor, Richard Hamilton, offer a fresh look at various aspects of ancient Greek cult, including the use of the word cult in the academic disciplines of Archaeology and the History of Religion, the introd. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cult in the study of religion in archaeology / Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen -- Basket case : altars, animals and baskets in Classical Attic votive reliefs / Richard Hamilton -- Banishing plague : Asklepios, Athens, and the great plague reconsidered / Bronwen Wickkiser -- Der Altar des Asklepieions von Athen / Vanda Papaefthymiou -- The Athenian Asklepieion on the south slope of the Akropolis : early development, ca. 420-360 B.C. / Michaelis Lefantzis and Jesper Tae Jensen -- Divine images and royal ideology in the Philippeion at Olympia / Peter Schultz -- Music and cult in Ancient Greece : ethnomusicological perspectives / Tore Tvarnø Lind -- Cultic persona and the transmission of the Partheneions / George Hinge. |
| Language |
In English; one article in German. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cults -- Greece -- History -- Congresses.
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Idols and images -- Greece -- History -- Congresses.
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Music -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
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Greece -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
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Greece -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wickkiser, Bronwen.
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Hinge, George.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9788779342538 |
| ISBN |
9788779346642 |
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8779346642 |
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9788779342538 (hbk.) |
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8779342531 (hbk.) |
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