Excavations at Nemea IV : The Shrine of Opheltes

by: Bravo III, J.J.

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The Sanctuary of Zeus at ancient Nemea has been a rich resource for archaeological investigation and analysis conducted by the University of California over the past forty years. The Sanctuary hosted one of the preeminent athletic festivals of ancient Greece, the Nemean Games. Just as the Olympics were celebrated in connection with the cult of Pelops at Olympia, the games at Nemea were founded on the worship of the hero Opheltes. The Shrine of Opheltes in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea offers one of the best examples of an ancient Greek hero cult documented in the archaeological record. This final and most significant volume in the Excavations at Nemea series presents the results of the excavation of the Shrine from 1979 through 2001 and analyzes the Shrine's features and contents in order to understand its history and use. A study of the literary and artistic evidence about the myth and cult of Opheltes contextualizes the archaeological findings and illuminates the hero's significance to the Sanctuary and its renowned festival, the Nemean Games.

Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Tables Selected Bibliography and Abbreviations Specialized Terminology and Abbreviations Used in the Text and Appendices Elevations, Grid References, and Measurements Introduction CHAPTER ONE The Physical Remains CHAPTER TWO The Faunal Remains from the Hero Shrine MICHAEL MACKINNON CHAPTER THREE The Myth of Opheltes and the Origin of the Nemean Games CHAPTER FOUR Representations of the Hero Opheltes in Art CHAPTER FIVE The Shrine of Opheltes in the Context of Greek Hero Cult Appendix A: Catalogue of Artifacts Appendix B: The Curse Tablets from the Hero Shrine Appendix C: Testimonia on the Myth and Cult of Opheltes and the Nemean Games Index of Subjects, Ancient People and Places, and Modern Scholars Index of Ancient Sources Index of Inventoried Finds from the Nemea Excavations Mentioned in This Volume

Subjects:
Antiquities
Cultes Grèce
Cults
Cults Greece
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) Greece
Greece
Greece Antiquities
Grèce Antiquités
HISTORY Ancient Greece
Hero worship
Hero worship Greece
Héros Culte Grèce
Temple of Zeus (Nemea, Greece)

Excavations at Nemea IV : The Shrine of Opheltes

by: Bravo III, J.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780520294929 / 978-0-520-29492-9
• ISBN-03: 0520294920 / 0-520-29492-0
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 2018

Price: 249,00 EURO

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