Kykeon : studies in honour of H.S. Versnel / edited by H.F.J. Horstmanshoff [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horstmanshoff, H. F. J., editor.

Series:

Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 142.

Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 0927-7633 ; Volume 142

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Koln, [Germany] : Brill, 2002.

Summary:

A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel (\'Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion\'). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical. The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.

Contents:

Preliminary material / H.F.J. Horstmanshoff , H. W. Singor , F. T. Van Straten and J. H. M. Strubbe

‘MYTHOS UND RITUAL’ IM WECHSELWIND DER MODERNE / WALTER BURKERT

RITUAL DYNAMICS: THE BOIOTIAN FESTIVAL OF THE DAIDALA / ANGELOS CHANIOTIS

MEDITERRANE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, RÖMISCHE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, EUROPÄISCHE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE: ZUR GENESE EINES FACHKONZEPTS / BURKHARD GLADIGOW

SHAPING THE TEXT: INNOVATION AND AUTHORITY IN GRAECO-EGYPTIAN MALIGN MAGIC / RICHARD GORDON

WHAT IS NEW ABOUT GREEK SACRIFICE? / FRITZ GRAF

THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN AND THE IMPERIAL CULT / HENK JAN DE JONGE

THE CULT OF APHRODITE PANDAMOS AND PONTIA ON COS / ROBERT PARKER

DER FUß DES DIONYSOS: ZU PMC 871 / RENATE SCHLESIER

APOLLO AND DIONYSOS: STARTING FROM BIRTH / FROMA I. ZEITLIN

INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS / H.F.J. Horstmanshoff , H. W. Singor , F. T. Van Straten and J. H. M. Strubbe

INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES / H.F.J. Horstmanshoff , H. W. Singor , F. T. Van Straten and J. H. M. Strubbe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29594-1

OCLC:

50035088

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004295940 DOI