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Religion in the Ancient Greek City

Paul Anthony Cartledge

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This book considers how religious beliefs & cultic rituals were given expression in ancient Greece. The chapters cover ritual, then myth, rooting the account in the practices of the classical city while also taking seriously the world of the imagination. For this edition the bibliography has been substantially revised to meet the needs of an English-speaking readership. The book is enriched by illustrations & quotations from original sources.
List of Illustrations
Author's Preface to the English Translation
Translator's Introduction
List of Sources
1 Introduction: How should we study Greek civic religion? The necessity of cultural estrangement; Some fundamental notions; Sources of evidence
2 Cult-practices. Rituals; Religious personnel; Places of cult; Rites of passage; Settings of religious life; Religion & political life; The festival system: the Athenian case; The Panhellenic cults
3 Systems for representing the divine. Myths & mythology; A polytheistic religion; Forms of imaginative projection
4 Envoi. Concluding reflections
Appendix 1: The classical Greek temple
Appendix 2: The monuments of the Athenian Akropolis
Bibliography
Index & Glossary

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1989

ISBN 13: 9780521423571

Religion in the Ancient Greek City

Paul Anthony Cartledge

0/5 ( ratings)

This book considers how religious beliefs & cultic rituals were given expression in ancient Greece. The chapters cover ritual, then myth, rooting the account in the practices of the classical city while also taking seriously the world of the imagination. For this edition the bibliography has been substantially revised to meet the needs of an English-speaking readership. The book is enriched by illustrations & quotations from original sources.
List of Illustrations
Author's Preface to the English Translation
Translator's Introduction
List of Sources
1 Introduction: How should we study Greek civic religion? The necessity of cultural estrangement; Some fundamental notions; Sources of evidence
2 Cult-practices. Rituals; Religious personnel; Places of cult; Rites of passage; Settings of religious life; Religion & political life; The festival system: the Athenian case; The Panhellenic cults
3 Systems for representing the divine. Myths & mythology; A polytheistic religion; Forms of imaginative projection
4 Envoi. Concluding reflections
Appendix 1: The classical Greek temple
Appendix 2: The monuments of the Athenian Akropolis
Bibliography
Index & Glossary

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1989

ISBN 13: 9780521423571

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