Singular Dedications: Founders and Innovators of Private Cults in Classical Greece

by Andrea Purvis

Overview

Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world. Although worshippers in Classical Greece were normally involved in group and civic worship, there is evidence that they could also act outside of these constraints, expressing their piety through the financing and administration of cults they established on their own. Singular Dedications is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon, examining three case studies that represent the diversity and complexity that characterize ancient Greek religion in the Classical period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135886707
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2004
Series:	Studies in Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	218
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Purvis, Andrea

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Approaching Private Cults; Chapter 2 Xenocratia; Chapter 3 Archedamus of Thera; Chapter 4 Xenophon; conclusion Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'It is an interesting, densely argued and extremely scholarly work.' – Journal of Hellenic Studies

From the Publisher