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Author: James Henry OliverPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Sacred Gerusia. [Illustr.]
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Author: James Henry OliverThe Sacred Gerusia
Author: James Henry OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gerusiae
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Sacred Gerusia
Author: The Sacred Gerusia. (The American Excavations in the Athenian Agora.) [With Illustrations.].
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Author: James Henry OliverEconomy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
Author: Beate DignasPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191581968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This original study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the poleis that hosted them. Examining the forms of interaction between rulers, cities, and sanctuaries, the book proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult. A close analysis of the epigraphical evidence illustrates that neither the Hellenistic kings nor the representatives of Roman rule appropriated the property of the gods but actively supported the functioning of the sanctuaries and their revenues. The powerful role of the sanctuaries was to a large extent based on economic features, which the sanctuaries possessed precisely because of their religious character. Nevertheless, a study of the finances of the cults reveals frequent problems concerning the upkeep of cults and a particular need to guard the privileges and property of the gods. Their situation oscillated between glut and dearth. When the harmonious identity between city and cult was disturbed, those closely attached to the cult acted on behalf of their domain.
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Guy Maclean RogersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317808363
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance known as the ‘Second Sophistic’. Professor Rogers shows how the civic rituals created by the foundation symbolised a contemporary social hierarchy, and how the ruling class used foundation myths - the birth of the goddess Artemis in a grove above the city – as a tangible source of power, to be wielded over new citizens and new gods. Utilising an innovative methodology for analysing large inscriptions, Professor Rogers argues that the Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire, shedding new light on how second-century Greeks maintained their identities in relation to Romans, Christians, and Jews.
The Athenian Expounders of the Sacred and Ancestral Law
Author: James Henry OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Inscriptions
Author: Daniel J. GeaganPublisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
ISBN: 1621390012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This is the last of five volumes presenting inscriptions discovered in the Athenian Agora between 1931 and 1967. Published here are inscriptions on monuments commemorating events or victories, on statues or other representations erected to honor individuals and deities, and on votive offerings to divinities. Most are dated to between the 4th century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D., but a few survive from the Archaic and Late Roman periods. A final section contains monuments that are potentially, but not certainly, dedicatory in character, and a small number of grave markers omitted from Agora XVII. Each of the 773 catalogue entries includes a description of the object inscribed, bibliography, a transcription of the Greek text, and commentary. There are photographs of each piece of which no adequate illustration has yet been published, including newly joined fragments. The volume concludes with concordances and six indexes.
Hesperia
Author: The Imperial Cult in the Latin West
Author: Duncan FishwickPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004094956
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Volume II, 2 comprises Abbreviated Titles, Select Bibliography, Indices and Corrigenda to Volumes I, I-2 and II, 1 (Introduction, Books I-II), which together make a unit. The volume completes the preliminary set of studies and, by coincidence, brings the "EPRO" series to a conclusion.