[PDF] Cretan Sanctuaries And Cults eBook

Author : Mieke Prent
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047406907

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This volume offers a contextual study of sanctuaries and cults in Crete in the transitional period from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic period (c.1200 to 600 BC). It provides a dynamic picture of the interplay of religious tradition and societal change in a period long considered a 'Dark Age' by Classical scholarship.

Author : François de Polignac
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 1995-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226673332

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Combining archaeological and textual evidence the author suggests that most of the 8th Century settlements that would become the city-states of classical Greece were defined as much by the boundaries of civilised' space as by their urban centres.

Author : Susan E. Alcock
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :

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Cult activity played an extremely important role in ancient Greece--to the point, historians believe, that the placing of cult centers played a major part in establishing the whole concept of the city-state in archaic Greece. The essays in this collection critically examine the social and political importance of sanctuary placement, extending the analysis back to Mycenean Greece and on to Greece under Roman occupation. Revealing the complexity of relations between religion and politics in ancient Greece, these essays show how important tradition, gender relations, and cult identity were in creating and maintaining the religious mapping of the ancient Greek countryside.

Author : Michael Robertson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004685715

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This volume argues that Titus’s invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concerning Cretan Zeus, Cretan social structure, and Cretan Judaism. He then uses these traditions to interpret Titus and explain how the letter would intersect with and affect readers’ identities. Because readers had differing conceptions of Crete based on their location and access to and evaluation of Cretan traditions, readers would have developed their identities in multiple, conflictual, even contradictory ways.

Author : Robin Hagg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 113480167X

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The history of Greek sanctuaries reflects the development of ancient Greek culture and civilization. Traditionally studies of sanctuaries have been mainly descriptive, with much emphasis on the architectural features. This collection rakes a wider view. The articles, all by archaeologists or historians of religion, explore the ongm and development of sanctuaries through detailed investigations of some of the most major and some less well-known sites. They stress the social significance of sanctuaries, as well as the important role they played within particular cults. Greek Sanctuaries: New Approaches is important and engaging reading for students of ancient Greek history or archaeology. Ir will also be of interest to people visiting the sites.