Religion in Hellenistic Athens / / Jon D. Mikalson

• Autore: Mikalson Jon D. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998
• Edizione: Reprint 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 364 pages)
• Disciplina: 292/.00938/5
• Soggetto topico: Hellenism
• Soggetto geografico: Athens (Greece) Religion
• Note generali: 'Appendix. Cross-references for epigraphical texts': p. 325-328.; 'General index': p. 345-355; 'Index of epigraphical texts cited': p. 357-364.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343).
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 The Age of Lycourgos -- 2 The Decade of Demetrios of Phaleron -- 3 Twenty Years of the Divine Demetrios Poliorcetes -- 4 The Calm between the Storms -- 5 Again Domination, Again Independence -- 6 Demos and the Charités -- 7 Athens and Délos -- 8 Indian Summer -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: CROSS-REFERENCES FOR EPIGRAPHICAL TEXTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF EPIGRAPHICAL TEXTS CITED
• Sommario/riassunto: Until now, there has been no comprehensive study of religion in Athens from the end of the classical period to the time of Rome's domination of the city. Jon D. Mikalson provides a chronological approach to religion in Hellenistic Athens, disproving the widely held belief that Hellenistic religion during this period represented a decline from the classical era. Drawing from epigraphical, historical, literary, and archaeological sources, Mikalson traces the religious cults and beliefs of Athenians from the battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. to the devastation of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C., demonstrating that traditional religion played a central and vital role in Athenian private, social, and political life. Mikalson describes the private and public religious practices of Athenians during this period, emphasizing the role these practices played in the life of the citizens and providing a careful scruntiny of individual cults. He concludes his study by using his findings from Athens to call into question several commonly held assumptions about the general development of religion in Hellenistic Greece.
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion in hellenistic Athens
• ISBN: 9780520919679; 052091967X; 9780585055039; 0585055033
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910496141403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 29.