Ancient Greek Hero Cult
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The Sacrificial Rituals Of Greek Hero Cults In The Archaic To The Early Hellenistic Periods
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Author : Gunnel Ekroth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Sacrificial Rituals Of Greek Hero Cults In The Archaic To The Early Hellenistic Periods written by Gunnel Ekroth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Animal sacrifice categories.
Gender And Immortality
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Author : Deborah Lyons
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Gender And Immortality written by Deborah Lyons and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Social Science categories.
In recent years, the topic of ancient Greek hero cult has been the focus of considerable discussion among classicists. Little attention, however, has been paid to female heroized figures. Here Deborah Lyons argues for the heroine as a distinct category in ancient Greek religious ideology and daily practice. The heroine, she believes, must be located within a network of relations between male and female, mortal and immortal. Using evidence ranging from Homeric epic to Attic vase painting to ancient travel writing, she attempts to re-integrate the feminine into our picture of Greek notions of the hero. According to Lyons, heroines differ from male heroes in several crucial ways, among which is the ability to cross the boundaries between mortal and immortal. She further shows that attention to heroines clarifies fundamental Greek ideas of mortal/immortal relationships. The book first discusses heroines both in relation to heroes and as a separate religious and mythic phenomenon. It examines the cultural meanings of heroines in ritual and representation, their use as examples for mortals, and their typical "biographies." The model of "ritual antagonism," in which two mythic figures represented as hostile share a cult, is ultimately modified through an exploration of the mythic correspondences between the god Dionysos and the heroines surrounding him, and through a rethinking of the relationship between Iphigeneia and Artemis. An appendix, which identifies more than five hundred heroines, rounds out this lively work. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Ancient Greek Hero In 24 Hours
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Author : Gregory Nagy
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-10
The Ancient Greek Hero In 24 Hours written by Gregory Nagy and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers a masterclass in classical Greek literature. We meet the epic heroes of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but Nagy also considers the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the songs of Sappho and Pindar, and the dialogues of Plato. Herodotus once said that to read Homer was to be a civilized person. To discover Nagy’s Homer is to be twice civilized. “Fascinating, often ingenious... A valuable synthesis of research finessed over thirty years.” —Times Literary Supplement “Nagy exuberantly reminds his readers that heroes—mortal strivers against fate, against monsters, and...against death itself—form the heart of Greek literature... [He brings] in every variation on the Greek hero, from the wily Theseus to the brawny Hercules to the ‘monolithic’ Achilles to the valiantly conflicted Oedipus.” —Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly
Greek Hero Cults And Ideas Of Immortality
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Author : Lewis Richard Farnell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
Greek Hero Cults And Ideas Of Immortality written by Lewis Richard Farnell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with Cults categories.
Ancient Greek Hero Cult
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Author : Robin Hägg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Ancient Greek Hero Cult written by Robin Hägg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Mythology, Classical categories.
The Sacrificial Rituals Of Greek Hero Cults In The Archaic To The Early Hellenistic Period
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Author : Gunnel Ekroth
language : en
Publisher: Presses universitaires de Liège
Release Date : 2013-05-15
The Sacrificial Rituals Of Greek Hero Cults In The Archaic To The Early Hellenistic Period written by Gunnel Ekroth and has been published by Presses universitaires de Liège this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-15 with History categories.
This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods. The analysis of the epigraphical and literary evidence for sacrifices to heroes in these periods shows, contrary to the traditional notion, that the main ritual in hero-cults was a thysia at which the worshippers consumed the meat from the animal victim. A particular handling of the animal’s blood or a holocaust, rituals previously taken to be typical for heroes, can rarely be documented and must be considered as marginal features in hero-cults. The terms eschara, escharon, bothros, enagizein, enagisma, enagismos and enagisterion, believed to be characteristic for hero-cults, are seldom used in hero-contexts before the Roman period and occur mainly in the Byzantine lexicographers and in the scholia. Since the main kind of sacrifice in hero-cults was a thysia, a ritual intimately connected with the social structure of society, the heroes must have fulfilled the same role as the gods within the Greek religious system. The fact that the heroes were dead seems to have been of little significance for the sacrificial rituals and it is questionable whether the rituals of hero-cults are to be considered as originating in the cult of the dead.
Ancient Greek Hero Cult
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Author : Robin Hägg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Ancient Greek Hero Cult written by Robin Hägg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Ancient Greek Cults
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language : en
Publisher: Routledge
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Greek Hero Cults And Ideas Of Immortality The Gifford Lectures Delivered In The University Of St Andrews In The Year Classic Reprint
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Author : Lewis Richard Farnell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-04
Greek Hero Cults And Ideas Of Immortality The Gifford Lectures Delivered In The University Of St Andrews In The Year Classic Reprint written by Lewis Richard Farnell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-04 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality the Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews, in the Year The work has been long delayed by other literary tasks and the cares of official life. And delay, whether chosen or enforced, gives a writer the advantage of living through many temporary phases of theorizing and of chewing the cud of long reflection before making up his mind. I was glad to find that the settled conviction that at last I had reached concerning Greek heroic saga and saga-personages was the same as that which inspires Mr. Chadwick in his admirable treatise The Heroic Age. For a general exposition of my views on the right and wrong methods of mythologic interpretation I may be permitted to refer to my paper published by the British Academy on 'The Value and the Methods of Mythologic Study' in 1919. If this treatise is censured as a revival of Euhemerism', it will only be censured on this ground by those who have not followed recent researches in anthropology and the comparative study of saga. And if, though that is not its main intention.it helps to corroborate Mr. Chadwick's contention that saga is imperfect history, I shall be content; for I have long felt the unreality of the distinction between the 'prehistoric' and the 'historic' periods. But my main task has been to track and collect the evidence of the worship of the dead, the apotheosis of the human being, from the earliest days of Greece to the latest, and my interest in this religious phenomenon has been sustained by the light that it throws upon much of the religion, the history, and the mentality of the Hellenic race. A serious and systematic treatment of this theme has long been a desideratum in our literature; it is for criticism to pronounce whether this treatise supplies it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ancient Greek Cults
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Author : Jennifer Lynn Larson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2007
Ancient Greek Cults written by Jennifer Lynn Larson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Using archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources, and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume offers an accessible account of the Greek gods for undergraduate students.