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Urban religion in Roman Corinth : interdisciplinary approaches /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard theological studies ; no. 53Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, ©2005.Description: xiv, 523 pages. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0674016602 (alk. paper)
  • 0674016599
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 281 S376U 22
LOC classification:
  • BL793.C6 U73 2005
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Contents:
Urban Corinth : an introduction / G.D.R. Sanders -- Urban and rural planning in Roman Corinth / David Gilman Romano -- Favorinus's "Corinthian oration" : a piqued panorama of the hadrianic forum / L. Michael White -- Fountains and the formation of cultural identity at Roman Corinth / Betsey A. Robinson -- Religion in Corinth : 146 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. / Nancy Bookidis -- Rites for Melikertes-Palaimon in the early Roman Corinthia / Elizabeth R. Gebhard -- The stones don't speak and the texts tell lies : sacred sex at Corinth /
Summary: "Seventeen essays on the history, archaeology, urban development, and religious practices of ancient Corinth, with special attention to the early history of Christianity. Topics include burial customs, water supply, city planning, and sociology. Results of an interdisciplinary conference held at Harvard University, January 2002--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-498) and indexes.

Urban Corinth : an introduction / G.D.R. Sanders -- Urban and rural planning in Roman Corinth / David Gilman Romano -- Favorinus's "Corinthian oration" : a piqued panorama of the hadrianic forum / L. Michael White -- Fountains and the formation of cultural identity at Roman Corinth / Betsey A. Robinson -- Religion in Corinth : 146 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. / Nancy Bookidis -- Rites for Melikertes-Palaimon in the early Roman Corinthia / Elizabeth R. Gebhard -- The stones don't speak and the texts tell lies : sacred sex at Corinth /

"Seventeen essays on the history, archaeology, urban development, and religious practices of ancient Corinth, with special attention to the early history of Christianity. Topics include burial customs, water supply, city planning, and sociology. Results of an interdisciplinary conference held at Harvard University, January 2002--Provided by publisher.

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