Religioin and Reconciliation in Greek Cities: The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene - Noel Robertson

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Résumé :
The lex sacra of Selinus and of Cyrene are the only two inscribed religious calendars to survive from ancient Greece. These documents are fundamental to understanding Greek religious practice on the civic and personal level, but they have never been studied in conjunction with one another before. Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities provides a new edited text with translation, commentary, and interpretive essays on these documents.

Biographie:
Noel Robertson is Emeritus Professor of Classics, Brock University. He has published widely on both Greek religion and Greek history.

Sommaire:
Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: AT SELINUS, RULES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; 1. The Lead Tablet; 2. Displaying the Tablet; 3. A Household Offering; 4. The Kotytia and the Olympic Truce; 5. The Solstice Festival at Olympia; 6. Zeus Eumenes and the Eumenides; 7. The Semnai Theai; 8. Zeus Milchios in Spring; 9. Before the Harvest; 10. Tritopatreis Foul and Pure; 11. Tritopatreis as Wind Gods; 12. Zues Milchios in Summer; 13. After the Harvest; 14. Hospitality for an Elasteros; 15. Zeus Elasteros and Other Lightning Gods; 16. Selinus, c. 450 B.C; PART II: AT CYRENE, RULES FOR EVERY NEED; 17. The Inscription; 18. Some General Rules; 19. Akamantes and Tritopateres; 20. The Tithing Rules; 21. Rites of Artemis; 22. Suppliant Purifications; 23. Cyrene, c. 335-324 B.C; References