Oxford Readings in Greek Religion

by: Buxton, R.

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Oxford readings in Greek religion
Author:Richard Buxton (Editor)

Summary:"The study of ancient Greek religion has been excitingly renewed in the last thirty years. Key areas of interest have been: the relationship between religion and politics; new and unexpected perspectives opened up by archaeological finds; the symbiosis between myth and ritual; the role of gender differences in the practice and perception of religion; conceptual problems raised by the very notion of 'religion.' This volume gathers together challenging papers by many of the participants in this renewal. Almost all the articles have been revised by their authors and/or provided with Addenda, to take account of the most recent scholarship. One article has been translated specifically for this collection; another is for the first time provided with illustrations. No single school or style of approach is privileged: the aim is to illustrate a range of possible methods which may be adopted in the investigation of this endlessly fascinating material."

Series:
Oxford readings in classical studies

ix, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Contents:

I: Religion in Society
I What is Polls Religion?
CHRISTIANE SOURVINOU-INWOOD
2 Further Aspects of Polis Religion
CHRISTIANE SOURVINOU-INWOOD
3 Tribes, Festivals, and Processions: Civic Ceremonial and
Political Manipulation in Archaic Greece
W.R. CONNOR
4 Greek States and Greek Oracles
ROBERT PARKER
5 From Oedipus to Periander: Lameness, Tyranny, Incest
in Legend and History
J.-P. VERNANT
II: Archaeology of the Sacred
6 Demeter in the Ancient Greek City and its Countryside
SUSAN GUETTEL COLE
7 Greek Sanctuaries as Places of Refuge
ULRICH SINN
8 The Archaeology of the Hero
ANTHONY SNODGRASS
9 Votives and Votaries in Greek Sanctuaries
FOLKERT VAN STRATEN

III: Myths and Rituals
10 Jason, Hypsipyle, and New Fire at Lemnos: A Study in
Myth and Ritual
WALTER BURKERT
11 The Locrian Maidens
FRITZ GRAF
12 Scapegoat Rituals in Ancient Greece
JAN N. BREMMER
13 Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece
ROBIN OSBORNE
IV: Boundary Disputes
14 Greek Magic, Greek Religion
ROBERT L. FOWLER
15 Misconceptualizing Classical Mythology
C. ROBERT PHILLIPS, III
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Oxford Readings in Greek Religion

by: Buxton, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780198721901 / 978-0-19-872190-1
• ISBN-03: 0198721900 / 0-19-872190-0
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000

Price: 47,00 EURO

1 copy in stock