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Alcock, Susan E. & Robin Osborne (Eds. )

PLACING THE GODS Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1994

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Year of publication
1994
Author
Alcock, Susan E. & Robin Osborne (Eds. )
Publishers
Oxford Clarendon Press
Keyword
Archeology & Archaeology Paganism Cults & Demonism Mystery, Religions Religion & Spirituality
Cover description
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0198149476

Description

Very light shelfwear. Faint bump to middle of front board. DJ has edgewear to top of spine. ; 288 pages; Cult activity played an extremely important role in ancient Greece--to the point, historians believe, that the placing of cult centers played a major part in establishing the whole concept of the city-state in archaic Greece. The essays in this collection critically examine the social and political importance of sanctuary placement, extending the analysis back to Mycenean Greece and on to Greece under Roman occupation. Revealing the complexity of relations between religion and politics in ancient Greece, these essays show how important tradition, gender relations, and cult identity were in creating and maintaining the religious mapping of the ancient Greek countryside.