Sacred landscapes, connecting routes : religious topographies in the Graeco-Roman world / edited by Christina G. Williamson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williamson, Christina G., editor.

Series:

Caeculus ; 1382-6220 10.

Caeculus : papers in Mediterranean archaeology and Green & Roman studies, 1382-6220 ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Religion--History.

Greece.

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Sacred space--Greece.

Sacred space.

Sacred space--Rome.

Physical Description:

x, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris : Peeters, 2024.

Summary:

"At the crossroads of community, territory, and the divine is the landscape of religion. This landscape is shaped by those who occupy it, or desire to occupy it, and their ideologies as much as their cosmologies. But equally important are those who pass through it, and the flow of ideas that travel through its connections. Sacred landscapes are cultural artefacts, rooted in natural phenomena, legends and myths from the deep past, shaped by ritual performance and perception. They evoke by definition a sense of timelessness and yet are constantly evolving, subject to the shifts of formal and informal agencies across the scales.The religious environment is here addressed in terms of landscape, geography, traffic and paths of connection and communication and their material manifestations. How was sacred movement etched into the landscape? What sorts of media were involved in creating a 'sacred' landscape? Which material culture helped connect communities across time and space? The contributions in this volume explore these questions in relation to specific case studies in the ancient world, spanning the Mediterranean from Asia Minor through Greece to the Italian peninsula, in a time frame ranging from the Early Iron Age to the High Imperial period. They open up new areas to consider when looking at the phenomenon of sacred landscapes and connectivities. Such questions reach out beyond antiquity - they reflect on our own views of urban and rural space, and the importance of religion for collective identities and territorial claims today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: landscapes of sacred connectivities / Christina G. Williamson

Cult at the crossroads. Processions and perceptions of sacred landscapes via Lagina / Christina G. Williamson

Tumuli and natural sanctuaries. Visual aspects of urban space and landscape-interaction in Hellenistic Pergamon and its micro-region / Felix Pirson, Bernhard Ludwig

The local Mother Goddess of Aizanoi / Güler Ateş

Asklepieion of Pergamon as a sacred landscape of wellness for the Graeco-Roman elite / Murat Tozan

Connecting routes within a polis. Religious processions as a reflection of identity and self-perception in Classical Athens / Soi Agelidis

Placing the gods in a colonial setting: sanctuaries in Norba and Peastum / Marleen K. Termeer

"Trojan" landscapes and nuptial ritual at sanctuaries in South and Central Italy / Marianne Kleibrink.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789042949782

9042949783

OCLC:

1432687725

Publisher Number:

9789042949782