Civic Priests: Cult Personnel in Athens from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity |
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| Editor:
| Horster, Marietta |
| Series title: | Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-40059-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $300.00 |
Book Description:
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Images and inscriptions indicate how priests and cult personnel saw themselves and were viewed by others. Cultural records like dedications, honorific statues and decrees are central to understanding how the roles of priests and priestesses were constructed in social and political terms in post-classical Athens. The approaches in this study are both historical and archaeological, and elucidate the religious functions that the cult personnel fulfilled for the city, and their perception,...
More DescriptionImages and inscriptions indicate how priests and cult personnel saw themselves and were viewed by others. Cultural records like dedications, honorific statues and decrees are central to understanding how the roles of priests and priestesses were constructed in social and political terms in post-classical Athens. The approaches in this study are both historical and archaeological, and elucidate the religious functions that the cult personnel fulfilled for the city, and their perception, by themselves and by others, as citizens of the polis.