Aspects of ancient Greek cult : context, ritual and iconography /

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The papers in this volume offer a fresh look at various aspects of ancient cult, including the use of the word 'cult' in Archaeology and the History of Religion; the introduction of Asklepios to Athens, and a study of his sanctuary on the south slope of the Akropolis. The book also contain...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund
Other Authors: Jensen, Jesper Tae, Jensen, Jesper
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Aarhus : Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press ; [Oxbow Books], c2009
Aarhus : Oakville, Conn. : Lancaster [U.K.] : Aarhus University Press ; Oxbow Books ; Gazelle [distributor], 2009
Aarhus : Oakville, Conn. : Lancaster, [U.K.] : Aarhus University Press, 2009
Aarhus ; Oakville, CT : c2009
Aarhus : Oakville, Conn. : Lancaster, [U.K.] : 2009
Series:Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 8
Subjects:
Cults > Greece > History > Congresses
Cults > Greece > History
Idols and images > Greece > History > Congresses
Idols and images > Greece > History
Music > Religious aspects > Congresses
Music > Religious aspects
Antiquities
Cults
History
Idols and images
Kult
Greece > Religious life and customs > Congresses
Greece > Antiquities > Congresses
Greece > Antiquities
Greece > Religious life and customs
Greece
Griechenland <Altertum>)
Aufsatzsammlung
Conference papers and proceedings
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jesper Tae Jensen
  • Cult in the study of religion in archaeology / Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen
  • Basket case : altars, animals and baskets in Classical Attic votive reliefs / Richard Hamilton
  • Banishing plague : Asklepios, Athens, and the great plague reconsidered / Bronwen Wickkiser
  • Der Altar des Asklepieions von Athen / Vanda Papaefthymiou
  • The Athenian Asklepieion on the south slope of the Akropolis : early development, ca. 420-360 B.C. / Michaelis Lefantzis and Jesper Tae Jensen
  • Divine images and royal ideology in the Philippeion at Olympia / Peter Schultz
  • Music and cult in Ancient Greece : ethnomusicological perspectives / Tore Tvarnø Lind
  • Cultic persona and the transmission of the Partheneions / George Hinge
  • Introduction / Jesper Tae Jensen
  • "Cult" in the study of religion and archaeology / Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen
  • Basket case : altars, animals and baskets on Classical Attic votive reliefs / Richard Hamilton
  • Banishing plague : Asklepios, Athens, and the great plague reconsidered / Bronwen Wickkiser
  • Der Altar des Asklepieions von Athen / Vanda Papaefthymiou
  • The Athenian Asklepieion on the south slope of the Akropolis : early development, ca. 420-360 B.C. / Michaelis Lefantzis and Jesper Tae Jensen
  • Divine images and royal ideology in the Philippeion at Olympia / Peter Schultz
  • Music and cult in Ancient Greece : ethnomusicological perspectives / Tore Tvarnø Lind
  • Cultic persona and the transmission of the Partheneions / George Hinge
  • Cult in the study of religion in archaeology / Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen
  • Basket case : altars, animals and baskets in Classical Attic votive reliefs / Richard Hamilton
  • Banishing plague : Asklepios, Athens, and the great plague reconsidered / Bronwen Wickkiser
  • Der Altar des Asklepieions von Athen / Vanda Papaefthymiou
  • The Athenian Asklepieion on the south slope of the Akropolis : early development, ca. 420-360 B.C. / Michaelis Lefantzis and Jesper Tae Jensen
  • Divine images and royal ideology in the Philippeion at Olympia / Peter Schultz
  • Music and cult in Ancient Greece : ethnomusicological perspectives / Tore Tvarnø Lind
  • Cultic persona and the transmission of the Partheneions / George Hinge

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