Religion in the ancient Greek city /
Zaidman, Louise Bruit,
Religion in the ancient Greek city / Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel ; translated by Paul Cartledge. - Reprinted 1994. - Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ©1992 - xx, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Translation of: La religion grecque.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
Author's preface to the English translation -- pt. I. Introduction : How should we study Greek civic religion? The necessity of cultural estrangement ; Some fundamental notions ; Sources of evidence -- pt. II. Cult-practices. Rituals ; Religious personnel ; Places of cult ; Rites of passage ; Settings of religious life ; Religion and political life ; The festival system : the Athenian case ; The Panhellenic cults -- pt. III. Systems for representing the divine. Myths and mythology ; A polytheistic religion ; Forms of imaginative projection -- pt. IV. Envoi. Concluding reflections -- Appendices. I: The classical Greek temple ; II: The monuments of the Athenian Akropolis.
9780521423571 0521423570
Cities and towns--Greece.
Greece--Religion.
BL785 / .Z3513 1994 BL785 / .Z3513 1994
ARCH YNDC 292.08 Z21R
Religion in the ancient Greek city / Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel ; translated by Paul Cartledge. - Reprinted 1994. - Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ©1992 - xx, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Translation of: La religion grecque.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
Author's preface to the English translation -- pt. I. Introduction : How should we study Greek civic religion? The necessity of cultural estrangement ; Some fundamental notions ; Sources of evidence -- pt. II. Cult-practices. Rituals ; Religious personnel ; Places of cult ; Rites of passage ; Settings of religious life ; Religion and political life ; The festival system : the Athenian case ; The Panhellenic cults -- pt. III. Systems for representing the divine. Myths and mythology ; A polytheistic religion ; Forms of imaginative projection -- pt. IV. Envoi. Concluding reflections -- Appendices. I: The classical Greek temple ; II: The monuments of the Athenian Akropolis.
9780521423571 0521423570
Cities and towns--Greece.
Greece--Religion.
BL785 / .Z3513 1994 BL785 / .Z3513 1994
ARCH YNDC 292.08 Z21R