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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791967903321

Autore

Gawlinski Laura

Titolo

The sacred law of Andania [[electronic resource] ] : a new text with commentary / / Laura Gawlinski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2012

ISBN

3-11-026815-9

3-11-026814-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Sozomena : studies in the recovery of ancient texts, , 1869-6368 ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

292.080938/9

Soggetti

Mysteries, Religious - Greece

Cults - Greece

Inscriptions, Ancient - Greece

Greece Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Text and Translation -- Commentary -- Appendix: An Oracle Inscription Concerning the Mysteries -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Indices -- Plates

Sommario/riassunto

The inscribed text referred to as the sacred law of Andania contains almost 200 lines of regulations about a mystery festival and the sanctuary in which it took place. Although it concerns one annual festival in Messenia, it imparts information relevant to the general nature of sanctuary activity and the issues that were important in the routine management of cult. This book contributes to the recent shift in scholarship that has sought to view sanctuaries as more than simply settings for temples, but as locations created and affected by people's various needs, activities, and agendas. This examination of the inscription includes a new and accurate edition of its text with full critical apparatus, an English translation, and copious images of the stone. The accompanying introduction and commentary incorporate literary and epigraphical comparanda and on-site topographical research to present a holistic view of the cultic regulations in their



historical and geographical context.