Polytheism and Society at Athens

Abstract

Abstract This book makes use of recently discovered archaeological and epigraphical evidence to give an account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are discussed in detail, with attention to recent anthropological theory; so too, for instance, are the cults of households and of smaller groups, the role of religious practice and argumentation in public life, the authority of priests, the activities of religious professionals such as seers and priestesses, magic, and the place of theatrical representations of the gods within public attitudes to the divine. A final section considers the sphere of activity of the various gods, and takes Athens as a uniquely detailed test case for the structuralist approach to polytheism.

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Robert Parker (2007). Polytheism and Society at Athens. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216116.001.0001

@book{robert2007polytheism,
  title  = {Polytheism and Society at Athens},
  author = {Parker, Robert},
  year   = {2007},
  doi    = {10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216116.001.0001}
}

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