Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos / by Alexandra Wilding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilding, Alexandra, author.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; 445.

Mnemosyne supplements : history and archeology of classical antiquity, 2352-8656 ; Volume 445

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amphiareion (Oropos)--History.

Amphiareion (Oropos).

History.

Oropos (Extinct city).

Amphiaraos (Greek deity)--Cult--Greece--Oropos (Extinct city).

Amphiaraos.

Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Oropos (Extinct city).

Inscriptions, Greek.

Greece--Oropos (Extinct city).

Cults.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"This book asks why politically-powerful entities invested in the Amphiareion, a sanctuary renowned for its precarity and dependency. The answer lies in unravelling the intricacies of the shrine's epigraphical record and the stories about the communities and individuals responsible for creating it. By explaining patterns in inscribed display against the backdrop of broader events and phenomena emerging within central Greece, this book revisits the Amphiareion's narrative and emphasises its political implications for its neighbours. This interpretation offers new perspectives on the sanctuary and exposes agents' manipulation of it in the course of reinventing their self-image in a changing Greek world"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Wilding, Alexandra. Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos

ISBN:

9789004404991

9004404996

OCLC:

1259587954

Publisher Number:

9789004404991