Civic rites democracy and religion in ancient Athens

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Nancy, 1963- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press 2010
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Online Access:Sumario
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008479309708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates
  • Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy
  • Athena : religion and the democratic polis
  • Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena
  • Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries
  • Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality
  • Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation
  • Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy
  • Epilogue / The City after Socrates.