Religious Life In Late Classical And Hellenistic Rhodes
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Author | : Juliane Zachhuber |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2024-07-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198897448 |
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The ancient state of Rhodes was famous for many things in the Hellenistic period; it emerged as an economic powerhouse thanks to its strategic position on maritime trade routes, its status further bolstered by its proud independence in an era of great kings, and its cultural successes and heritage celebrated by contemporaries as well as later writers. But what did this state look like on the inside, and what social and religious forces contributed to its success? This book explores the origins of the Rhodian state in the late fifth century BC, a union born out of three separate city-states, Lindos, Cameiros, and Ialysos. By digging deep into the abundant epigraphic culture that survives, narratives emerge that tell the stories of these Rhodians and their communities. Despite the political unification and the foundation of a famed and successful capital city, Rhodes-town, the three old centres continued to exhibit distinctive and seemingly lively local religious cultures. What these looked like, and the question of whether they indicate cultic vitality rather than ossification, is considered in detail by examining the local pantheons and the religious dynamics and interactions that characterised and shaped them. Pulling together the diverse threads and local customs, a diachronic religious history of Rhodes is sketched. The role religion played in the social landscape of Hellenistic Rhodes is addressed through a thorough examination of priesthoods. Finally, providing a counterbalance to the institutional side of religion, the lived experience of Rhodian religious associations is depicted. The resulting picture offers a nuanced insight into the religious life and history of a Hellenistic city-state.
Author | : Juliane Zachhuber |
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Release | : 2018 |
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Author | : Giorgos Vavouranakis |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2019-01-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789690463 |
Download Popular Religion and Ritual in Prehistoric and Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers, on the frequently neglected popular cult and other ritual practices in prehistoric and ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
Author | : Hans Beck |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2023-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1009301845 |
Download The Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Explores the many ways in which ancient Greek religious beliefs and practices operated in their various local contexts.
Author | : Manolis I. Stefanakis |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2023-07-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1803274522 |
Download Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese during the First Millennium BC Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume publishes the proceedings of the conference of the same name, held in Rhodes in October 2018. Contributions draw on archaeological and literary sources to explore both the development and continuity of cults in the Dodecanese, from the Early Iron Age through to the 1st century BC.
Author | : Ryan Boehm |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2018-02-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520969227 |
Download City and Empire in the Age of the Successors Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In the chaotic decades after the death of Alexander the Great, the world of the Greek city-state became deeply embroiled in the political struggles and unremitting violence of his successors’ contest for supremacy. As these presumptive rulers turned to the practical reality of administering the disparate territories under their control, they increasingly developed new cities by merging smaller settlements into large urban agglomerations. This practice of synoikism gave rise to many of the most important cities of the age, initiated major shifts in patterns of settlement, and consolidated numerous previously independent polities. The result was the increasing transformation of the fragmented world of the small Greek polis into an urbanized network of cities. Drawing on a wide array of archaeological, epigraphic, and textual evidence, City and Empire in the Age of the Successors reinterprets the role of urbanization in the creation of the Hellenistic kingdoms and argues for the agency of local actors in the formation of these new imperial cities.
Author | : Daniel Ogden |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0470997346 |
Download A Companion to Greek Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. Written by a panel of international experts Focuses on religious life as it was experienced by Greek men and women at different times and in different places Features major sections on local religious systems, sacred spaces and ritual, and the divine
Author | : Vincent Gabrielsen |
Publisher | : Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
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Download Hellenistic Rhodes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Rhodes was founded more that 2,400 years ago, yet our fascination for this prosperous trading center continues across the millennia. One of the most beautiful cities ever built, Rhodes had a profound influence on the Roman, and subsequent western, civilization. Hellenistic Rhodes introduces the latest research carried out by European scholars. Individual chapters approach various aspects of the politics, culture and society of Rhodes and its sphere of influence from historical, archaeological and philosophical perspectives. These multidisciplinary essays center on the Rhodian demes, relations between Rhodes and the Rhodian Peraia, the relations between Rhodes and Caria, Rhodes and Lycia in Hellenistic times, the marginalization of Crete in Greek thought, the role of piracy in the outbreak of the First Cretan War, and the Eastern Mediterranean wine trade. Also considered is the evidence from Rhodian amphorae of the trade between Rhodes and Alexandria, pottery and jewelry from Rhodian graves and aspects of Rhodian tombs. A final essay discusses the importance of the transformation of stoicism by Panaetius and Posidonius. This final volume of the series Studies in Hellenistic Civilization continues the vibrant record of the contemporary interest in, and success with, uncovering the details of a remarkable time and place.
Author | : Andre-Jean Festugiere |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2021-05-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520317068 |
Download Personal Religion Among the Greeks Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1954.
Author | : S. R. F. Price |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1999-06-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521388672 |
Download Religions of the Ancient Greeks Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This 1999 book is about the religious life of the Greeks from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD, looked at in the context of a variety of different cities and periods. Simon Price does not describe some abstract and self-contained system of religion or myths but examines local practices and ideas in the light of general Greek ideas, relating them for example, to gender roles and to cultural and political life (including Attic tragedy and the trial of Socrates). He also lays emphasis on the reactions to Greek religions of ancient thinkers - Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian. The evidence drawn on is of all kinds: literary texts, which are translated throughout; inscriptions, including an appendix of newly translated Greek inscriptions; and archaeology, which is highlighted in the numerous illustrations.