Polytheism and Society at Athens (Paperback)
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Short Description for Polytheism and Society at Athens Offers a comprehensive account of Athenian religion from various angles - public festivals; private rites and magic; and the treatment of religion by the great playwrights of Athens. This book considers the sphere of activity of the various gods, and takes Athens as a uniquely detailed test case for the structuralist approach to polytheism.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 16 April 2007
- Format: Paperback 576 pages
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- Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History Of Religion | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
- ISBN 13: 9780199216116 ISBN 10: 0199216118
- Sales rank: 917,904
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Full description for Polytheism and Society at Athens
This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in detail, with attention to recent anthropological theory; so too, for instance, are the cults of households and of smaller groups, the role of religious practice and argumentation in public life, the authority of priests, the activities of religious professionals such as seers and priestesses, magic, the place of theatrical representations of the gods within public attitudes to the divine. A long final section considers the sphere of activity of the various gods, and takes Athens as a uniquely detailed test case for the structuralist approach to polytheism. The work is a synchronic, thematically organized complement (though designed to be read independently) to the same author's Athenian Religion: A History (Oxford 1996).
