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Record Nr.

UNISA996210682003316

Autore

Dignas Beate

Titolo

Economy of the sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-171971-4

1-280-90768-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 364 p.) : maps

Collana

Oxford classical monographs Economy of the sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor

Disciplina

292.6/5/09392

Soggetti

Religion and politics - History - Turkey

Economics - History - Religious aspects - Turkey

Temples, Greek - Turkey

Temples, Roman

European Religions - pre-Christian

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Turkey Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the 'polis' that hosted them. It proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.