Format:
1 online resource (564 pages)
ISBN:
9781107503717
Content:
The first comprehensive study of theōroi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries.
Content:
Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of maps -- List of tables -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Approaches to theōriā: preliminary definitions and issues -- 1.1 Polis religion and Panhellenic religion -- 1.2 Defining theōriā -- 1.3 Cities, sanctuaries and networks -- 1.4 History of the subject -- 1.5 Terminology and the 'pilgrimage'-issue -- 1.6 Plan of book -- 2 Evidence -- 2.1 Documents -- 2.2 Literary sources -- 2.3 Material culture -- 3 An historical overview -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Beginnings -- 3.3 Classical period -- 3.4 Hellenistic reshaping -- 3.5 The Roman period -- 4 Festival theōriā -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Panhellenic festivals with competitions -- 4.3 Regional and local festivals -- 4.4 Festivals without theoric terminology -- 5 Festival announcement and truce -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Festival announcement in the fourth and third centuries BC -- 5.3 The Classical period -- 6 Oracles -- 6.1 More accurate than a carpenter's tools: Theognis' theōros -- 6.2 State-consultation of oracles: evidence -- 6.3 Terminology -- 6.4 Oracle delegates at the sanctuary -- 6.5 Protecting against fraud -- 7 Conveying offerings -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Aparkhai -- 7.3 Offerings and oracles -- 7.4 Fetching -- 7.5 Fire rituals -- 8 Theōroi as magistrates -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Arc adi a -- 8.3 Paros and Thasos -- 8.4 A problem case: Aegina -- 8.5 Other cases -- 8.6 Summation -- 9 Theōriā and viewing -- 9.1 Theōriā, festival and visuality -- 9.2 Intellectual journeys and sightseeing -- 10 Participants -- 10.1 Composition -- 10.2 The arkhitheōroi -- 10.3 Who got chosen as theōroi? -- 10.4 Other officials -- 10.5 Groups w ithin the p olis sp e ci a lising in theōr iā -- 10.6 The escort -- 11 The journey -- 11.1 The mission begins -- 11.2 Sea travel -- 11.3 Land travel.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107038226
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107038226
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1543626
