The Shrine of Opheltes / Jorge J. Bravo III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bravo III, Jorge J., Author.

Contributor:

MacKinnon, Michael R. (Michael Ross), 1966- contributor.

Series:

Excavations at Nemea ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple of Zeus (Nemea, Greece).

Hero worship--Greece.

Hero worship.

Cults--Greece.

Cults.

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Sanctuary of Zeus at ancient Nemea has been a rich resource for archaeological investigation and analysis conducted by the University of California over the past forty years. The Sanctuary hosted one of the preeminent athletic festivals of ancient Greece, the Nemean Games. Just as the Olympics were celebrated in connection with the cult of Pelops at Olympia, the games at Nemea were founded on the worship of the hero Opheltes. The Shrine of Opheltes in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea offers one of the best examples of an ancient Greek hero cult documented in the archaeological record. This final and most significant volume in the Excavations at Nemea series presents the results of the excavation of the Shrine from 1979 through 2001 and analyzes the Shrine's features and contents in order to understand its history and use. A study of the literary and artistic evidence about the myth and cult of Opheltes contextualizes the archaeological findings and illuminates the hero's significance to the Sanctuary and its renowned festival, the Nemean Games.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS

SPECIALIZED TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT AND APPENDICES

ELEVATIONS,GRIDREFERENCES,AND MEASUREMENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE. The Physical Remains

CHAPTER TWO. The Faunal Remains from the Hero Shrine / Mackinnon, Michael

CHAPTER THREE. The Myth of Opheltes and the Origin of the Nemean Games

CHAPTER FOUR. Representations of the Hero Opheltes in Art

CHAPTER FIVE. The Shrine of Opheltes in the Context of Greek Hero Cult

Appendix A: Catalogue of Artifacts

Appendix B: The Curse Tablets from the Hero Shrine

Appendix C: Testimonia on the Myth and Cult of Opheltes and the Nemean Games

Index of Subjects, Ancient People and Places, and Modern Scholars

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Inventoried Finds from the Nemea Excavations Mentioned in This Volume

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520967878

0520967879

OCLC:

1010620551