Thesaurus Cultus Et Rituum Antiquorum: v.VII: 7: Festivals and Games (Getty Publications – (Yale)) - Hardcover

Antione Hermary

 
9781606060742: Thesaurus Cultus Et Rituum Antiquorum: v.VII: 7: Festivals and Games (Getty Publications – (Yale))
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1606060740 ISBN 13: 9781606060742
Publisher: Getty Publications, 2012

Synopsis

This is volume VII of the multivolume reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. ThesCRA delivers both a sweeping overview and an in-depth investigation from Homeric times (1000 BCE) to late Roman times (AD 400). Illustrated scholarly articles in English, French, Italian, and German treat such topics as processions, sacrifices, libations, dedications, purification, initiation, divination, prayer, asylum, oaths, maledictions, banquets, music, dance, cult places, cult statues, and cult implements. Volume VII, Festivals and Games, explores festivals and religious links to neighbouring societies.

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About the Author

Antoine Hermary is Professor of Archaeology and Greek Civilization at the Universite de Provence, France. Bertrand Jaeger is Secretary of the Editorial Committee of the Foundation for the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae.

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Publisher
Getty Publications
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1606060740
ISBN 13 
9781606060742
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
512
Editor
Antione Hermary, Bertrand Jaeger