Memory and religious experience in the Greco-Roman world / edited by Nicola Cusumano, Valentino Gasparini, Attilio Mastrocinque and Jörg Rüpke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cusumano, Nicola, editor.

Gasparini, Valentino, editor.

Mastrocinque, Attilio, editor.

Rüpke, Jörg, editor.

European Association for the Study of Religions. Congress 2009 : Messina, Italy)

International Association for the History of Religions. Special conference (2009 : Messina, Italy)

Series:

Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)

Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Bd. 45.

Alte Geschichte

Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge (PAwB) ; Band 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Religion--Congresses.

Greece.

Rome--Religion--Congresses.

Rome.

Memory--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Memory.

Mythology, Classical--Congresses.

Mythology, Classical.

Civilization, Greco-Roman--Congresses.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Classical antiquities--Congresses.

Classical antiquities.

Memory--Religious aspects.

Religion.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction / Nicola Cusumano/Valentino Gasparini/Attilio Mastrocinque/Jörg Rüpke ; Publishing the Proceedings of the 9th EASR {u2013} IAHR Special Conference (Messina, 14{u2013}17 September 2009) / Giulia Sfameni Gasparro ; Part I. Memory and religion in the Greek world. Memory and religion in the Greek world / Nicola Cusumano ; Glaucus and the Importance of Being Earnest. Herodotus 6.86 on Memory and Trust, Oath and Pain / Nicola Cusumano ; The Perpetuation of Memory in the Myths and Cults of Artemis in the Peloponnese / Isabella Solima ; Memory Lost, Memory Regained. Considerations on the Recovery of Sacred Texts in Messenia and in Biblical Israel: A Comparison / Daniela Bonanno ; The Origins and Deeds of our Gods: Inscriptions and Local Historical-Religious Memories in the Hellenistic and Roman World / Gian Franco Chiai ; Heroic Memory and Polis: Achilles and Athens in Zosimus{u2019} Historia Nova / Daniela Motta ; Part II. Religious Experience in the Roman World. Religious Experience in the Roman World / Attilio Mastrocinque/Jörg Rüpke ; On Religious Experiences that should not Happen in Sanctuaries / Jörg Rüpke ; Group Settings and Religious Experiences / Marlis Arnhold ; Dionysos and Religious Experiences in Bona Dea Rituals / Attilio Mastrocinque ; From the Curia on the Palatine Hill to the Regia on the Forum: The Itinerary of the Salii as a War Ritual / Charles Guittard ; Staging Religion. Cultic Performances in (and Around) the Temple of Isis in Pompeii / Valentino Gasparini.

Notes:

Selected papers from the 9th EASR conference and IAHR Special Conference held in Messina during 14-17 September, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783515104258

3515104259

OCLC:

855046697