Civic rights [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / / Nancy Evans
| Civic rights [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / / Nancy Evans |
| Autore | Evans Nancy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 938/.505 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Democracy - Greece - Athens - Religious aspects - History - To 1500 Religion and politics - Greece - Athens |
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alcibiades
ancient greece athena athenian life athens civic life classical greece demeter democracy democratic institutions dionysus festivals and games greek gods greek scholars incantation institutional religion polytheism private spheres profaning of eleusinian mysteries public spheres religion and politics religious cults religious practices retrospective rites and rituals ritual sacrifice trial of socrates world religion |
| ISBN |
1-282-55616-9
9786612556166 0-520-94548-4 |
| Classificazione | 15.51 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction: The City of Pericles and Socrates -- One. Cleisthenes: The Family Curse behind Athenian Democracy -- Two. Athena: Religion and the Demo cratic Polis -- Three. Pericles: Empire and War in the City of Athena -- Four. Demeter: Civic Worship, Women's Rites, and the Eleusinian Mysteries -- Five. Alcibiades: Politics, Religion, and the Cult of Personality -- Six. Dionysus: Civic Rituals of Wine, Theater, and Transformation -- Seven. Socrates: Impiety Trials in the Restored Democracy -- Epilogue: The City after Socrates -- Glossary of terms -- Suggested further readings by chapter -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792599603321 |
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The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia [[electronic resource] ] : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / / Mark Henderson Munn
| The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia [[electronic resource] ] : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / / Mark Henderson Munn |
| Autore | Munn Mark Henderson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif., : University of California Press, Ltd., 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina | 292.2/114 |
| Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Cybele (Goddess) - Cult - Greece - Athens - History
Cybele (Goddess) - Cult - Lydia (Kingdom) Despotism - Religious aspects - History of doctrines Religion and politics - Greece - Athens - History Religion and politics - Lydia (Kingdom) - History Sovereignty - Religious aspects - History of doctrines |
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ancient greece
aphrodite asia assyria athens babylon chastity classicism classics democracy divinity empire epic poetry feminine divine femininity gender gods and goddesses greek goddesses greek gods greek pantheon hellenism hesiod hesiodic epics homer homeric epics ishtar lydia maternal maternity mother of the gods motherhood myth mythology nonfiction panteon persian empire philosophy phrygia politics purity religion religious cults sacred marriage sexuality tyranny tyrants war western asia |
| ISBN |
1-282-35763-8
9786612357633 0-520-93158-0 1-60129-395-X |
| Classificazione | 11.15 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sovereignty and Divinity in Classical Greek Thought -- 2. The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of Midas -- 3. The Mother of the Gods and the Ideals of Lydian Tyranny -- 4. The Mother of the Gods and the Practices of Lydian Tyranny -- 5. Asia, the Oikoumēn;, and the Map of the World -- 6. The Mother of the Gods and Persian Sovereignty -- 7. Persian Sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians -- 8. Herodotus and the Gods -- 9. The Mother of the Gods at Athens -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of select Greek terms -- Index locorum |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784405903321 |
Munn Mark Henderson
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