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Festivals of Attica
Erika Simon
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Description for Festivals of Attica
Paperback. The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon marshals evidence from literary, historical and archaeological sources to offer a comprehensive classification of the origins and meanings of the Attic cults. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 62 b&w photographs, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ASZP; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshalling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults.
The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshalling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299091842
SKU
V9780299091842
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About Erika Simon
Erika Simon is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Wurzburg.
Reviews for Festivals of Attica
"[One] cannot finish the book without feeling that he has seen real people caught in the act of veneration." - David E. Roessel, Archaeological News