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In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. It demonstrates that divine epiphanies not only reveal what the Greeks thought about their gods; they tell us just as much about the preoccupations, the preconceptions, and the assumptions of ancient Greek religion and culture. In doing so, it explores the deities who were prone to epiphany and the contexts in which they manifested themselves, as well as the functions (narratives and situational) they served, addressing the cultural specificity of divine morphology and mortal-immortal interaction. Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture re-establishes epiphany as a crucial mode in Greek religious thought and practice, underlines its centrality in Greek cultural production, and foregrounds its impact on both the political and the societal organization of the ancient Greeks.
Del 12 - Contextualizing the Sacred
Magnification and Miniaturization in Religious Communication in Antiquity and Modernity
Materialities and Meanings
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
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The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, however, with its unique intercultural character and its explicit focus on appropriation and contestation of religious expertise in the Imperial Era is substantially different. Unlike the rather narrow focus of earlier studies of civic priests, the papers presented here examine a wider range of religious professionals, their dynamic interaction with established religious authorities and institutions, and their contributions to religious innovation in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the late Hellenistic period through to Late Antiquity, from the City of Rome to mainland Greece, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt, from Greek civic practice to ancient Judaism. A further advantage of our volume is the wide range of media of transmission taken into account. Our contributors look at both old and new materials, which derive not only from literary sources but also from papyri, inscriptions, and material culture. Above all, this volume assesses critically convenient terminological usage and offers a unique insight into a rich gamut of ancient Mediterranean religious specialists.
Antike Religion im Kontext / Ancient Religion in Context
Lexikon / An Encyclopedia
Inbunden, Tyska, 2026
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Dieser Pauly Supplementband erschließt die Religionen der griechisch-römischen Welt in 86 Artikeln auf Englisch und Deutsch, von Ahnen und Askese bis hin zu Wissen und Witwen. Die Beiträge konzentrieren sich auf die Verwendung religiöser Handlungen oder Bedeutungen durch antike Akteure in einer Vielzahl von Bereichen und Situationen sozialer Interaktion. Sie beschreiben in der Verbindung von enzyklopädischer Information und essayistischem Überblick, wie Menschen der antiken Mittelmeerwelt Religion routinemäßig, unbewusst oder bewusst, außergewöhnlich oder strategisch einsetzten. Antike Religion wird in diesem Band als „gelebte Religion“ dargestellt, als „Antike Religion im Kontext“.This Pauly Supplement volume explores religious practices of the Greco-Roman world in 86 articles in English and German, covering topics ranging from ancestors and asceticism to weaving and widows. The articles focus on religious acts or their meanings for ancient actors in a variety of areas and situations of social interaction. Combining encyclopedic information and essayistic overviews, they describe how people in the ancient Mediterranean world used religion routinely, unconsciously or consciously, exceptionally or strategically. Ancient religion is presented in this volume as “lived religion,” as “ancient religion in context.”