Cities and Priests Cult Personnel in Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands from the Hellenistic to the Imperial Period |
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| Editor:
| Horster, Marietta
Klöckner, Anja |
| Series title: | Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-031849-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $210.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. The presentation and representation of priesthoods and individual priests are discussed inter alia through examples from Priene, Ephesos, Smyrna, Stratonikeia, Lindos, and Kos.
This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. The presentation and representation of priesthoods and individual priests are discussed inter alia through examples from Priene, Ephesos, Smyrna, Stratonikeia, Lindos, and Kos.