Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult: Context, Ritual & Iconography.

Jesper Tae Jensen; George Hinge; Peter Schult & Bronwen Wickkiser Jensen (Editors)

ISBN 10: 8779342531 / ISBN 13: 9788779342538

Published by Aarhus: Aarhus University Press,, 2009

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Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity 8] The papers in this volume are based on an international conference organized by Jesper Tae Jensen, 9-10 January 2004 at the Department of Classical Archaeology, together with the Centre for Studies of Antiquities, University of Aarhus. 240 x 160 mm, 243 pp., illustrated throughout, some in colour. [ISBN: 978-8779342538] Hardbound Printed pictorial boards. A very good copy free from ownership inscriptions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aspects of Ancient Greek Cult: Context, Ritual & Iconography.
• Publisher: Aarhus: Aarhus University Press,
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8779342531
• ISBN 13: 9788779342538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Classical History, Literature & Culture

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Synopsis

The papers in this volume illustrate the interplay between the studies of classical archaeology, religion, history, and musicology. The eight papers by the young scholars and their Nestor, Richard Hamilton, offer a fresh look at various aspects of ancient cult, including the use of the word cult in the academic disciplines of Archaeology and the History of Religion; the introduction of Asklepios to Athens, and a detailed study of the same god's sanctuary on the south slope of Akropolis, where it will be demonstrated that the layout of the early sanctuary on the east terrace was carefully designed after one central monument. The book also contains an innovative study of the Philippeion at Olympia, where it is argued that the tholos with its sculpture was a proto-type for the use of divine images and royal ideology by Hellenistic rulers. Other papers include a statistical approach to the illustration of baskets on Classical votive reliefs, a theoretical study of the role of music in ancient Greek cult, and analysis of the use of the chorus as one of the most important expressions of ancient cult in Sparta.