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Serving Athena : the festival of the Panathenaia and the construction of Athenian identities / Julia L. Shear.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shear, Julia L., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Athena (Greek deity)--Cult--Greece--Athens.
- Athena.
- Athena (Greek deity).
- Panathenaia--Greece--Athens--History.
- Panathenaia.
- Festivals--Greece--Athens.
- Festivals.
- History.
- Cults.
- Athens (Greece)--Social life and customs.
- Athens (Greece).
- Athens (Greece)--Religious life and customs.
- Greece--Athens.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 532 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In ancient Athens, the Panathenaia was the most important festival and was celebrated in honour of Athena from the middle of the sixth century BC until the end of the fourth century AD. This in-depth study examines how this all-Athenian celebration was an occasion for constructing identities and how it affected those identities. Since not everyone took part in the same way, this differential participation articulated individuals' relationships both to the goddess and to the city so that the festival played an important role in negotiating what it meant to be Athenian (and non-Athenian). Julia Shear applies theories of identity formation which were developed in the social sciences to the ancient Greek material and brings together historical, epigraphical, and archaeological evidence to provide a better understanding both of this important occasion and of Athenian identities over the festival's long history.
- Contents:
- The Panathenaia: An Introduction
- Giants and Heroes: The Mythologies of the Panathenaia
- The Little Panathenaia
- The Great Panathenaia: Ritual and Reciprocity
- The Panathenaic Games: Entertaining the Goddess
- Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia
- Other Residents and NonResidents
- The City, the Goddess and the Festival.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108750943
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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