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Religion in the ancient Greek city / Louise Bruit Zaidman and Pauline Schmitt Pantel ; translated by Paul Cartledge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ©1992Edition: Reprinted 1994Description: xx, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780521423571
  • 0521423570
Uniform titles:
  • Religion grecque. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 292.08 Z21R
LOC classification:
  • BL785 .Z3513 1994
  • BL785 .Z3513 1994
Contents:
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.
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 292.08 Z21R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 062693

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.

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