New aspects of religion in ancient Athens : honors, authorities, esthetics, and society /

Mikalson, Jon D., 1943-

New aspects of religion in ancient Athens : honors, authorities, esthetics, and society / by Jon D. Mikalson. - xii, 347 páginas ; 25 centimetros. - Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 183 0927-7633 ; .

Bibliografía : páginas 307-316. Índices: páginas 335-347.

Approbation. The qualifiers of Athenian religious practices -- The good priests and priestesses -- Who sacrifices and to whom? -- Who reports what? -- Who pays for what? -- Authority. Introduction -- Patria -- Nomoi and Psephismata -- Oracles and divination -- The four authorities -- Approbation and Authority. The rhetoric to Alexander -- Authority of the polis -- Approbation -- Social and esthetic dimensions of religious actions -- Appendices. The oracles of Demosthenes 43 and 21 -- Demosthenes, Prooemium 54 -- Holy Well -- Osiotis -- Curse Tablets from Cnidus and Osiotis -- Some non-Athenian praises of religious actions -- Athens and the Cult of Eleusinian Demeter.



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