Placing the Gods: Sanctuaries and Sacred Space in Ancient Greece (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198150601 ISBN 13: 9780198150602

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The essays critically the relationship between sanctuaries and political units in the Greek world over the best part of two millennia, both extending de Polignac's sort of analysis back and forward in time, and also assessing the limits of that analysis.

About the Author:

Susan E. Alcock is Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of Michigan. Robin Osborne is University Lecturer in Ancient History, and Fellow and Tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Dr. Osborne also edited Ritual, Finance, Politics: Athenian Democratic Accounts Presented to David Lewis (OUP, 1995) with Simon Hornblower.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0198150601
• ISBN 13: 9780198150602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Alcock Susan E., Osborne Robin