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Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece

Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece

Paperback

Series: Clarendon Paperbacks

Religion General Ancient Greece

ISBN10: 0198150601
ISBN13: 9780198150602
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Jul 25 1996
Pages: 282
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.04 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
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.

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