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Urban rituals in sacred landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor / Christina G. Williamson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Christina G., author.
- Series:
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman World ; 196.
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman World ; 196
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns, Ancient--Turkey.
- Cities and towns, Ancient.
- City and town life--Turkey.
- City and town life.
- Sacred space--Turkey.
- Sacred space.
- Shrines--Turkey.
- Shrines.
- Temples, Greek--Turkey.
- Temples, Greek.
- Turkey--Religion.
- Turkey.
- Turkey--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brill 2021
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2021]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor , Christina G. Williamson examines the phenomenon of monumental sanctuaries in the countryside of Asia Minor that accompanied the second rise of the Greek city-state in the Hellenistic period. Moving beyond monolithic categories, Williamson provides a transdisciplinary frame of analysis that takes into account the complex local histories, landscapes, material culture, and social and political dynamics of such shrines in their transition towards becoming prestigious civic sanctuaries. This frame of analysis is applied to four case studies: the sanctuaries of Zeus Labraundos, Sinuri, Hekate at Lagina, and Zeus Panamaros. All in Karia, these well-documented shrines offer valuable insights for understanding religious strategies adopted by emerging cities as they sought to establish their position in the expanding world.
- Contents:
- Approaching country sanctuaries
- Memory and control : Mylasa and the sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
- Urban microcosms : Syngeneiai and the sanctuary of Sinuri
- Festival networks : Stratonikeia and the sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina
- Building urban community on the margins : Stratonikeia and the sanctuary of Zeus at Panamara
- Urban rituals in sacred landscapes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789004461277
- 9004461272
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004461277 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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