Greek and Roman Festivals: Content, Meaning, and Practice

Greek and Roman Festivals addresses the multi-faceted and complex nature of Greco-Roman festivals and analyses the connections that existed between them, as religious and social phenomena, and the historical dynamics that shaped them. It contains twelve articles which form an interdisciplinary perspective of classical scholarship on the topic.

J. Rasmus Brandt is Professor in Classical Archaeology at the University of Oslo. He has participated and directed excavations in Norway, Cyprus, Italy, and at present in Turkey. He has published widely on both Greek and Roman archaeology and has directed two research projects financed by the Norwegian Research Council.


Jon W. Iddeng is an adviser for The Norwegian Association of Researchers and Research Fellow of Telemark University College. He has published internationally on Roman literature and history.