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Civic rites: democracy and religion in ancient Athens/

Main Author: Evans, Nancy J., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, c2010
Subjects:
Democracy > History > To 1500 > Greece > Athens
Democracy > Religious aspects > To 1500 > Greece > History > Athens
Religion and politics > Greece
Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) > Πολιτική και διακυβέρνηση > Μέχρι το 146 π.Χ. > Athens
Ελλάδα > Πολιτική και διακυβέρνηση > Μέχρι το 146 π.Χ.
Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) > Θρησκεία
Ελλαδα > Πολιτική και διακυβέρνηση
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Preface
  • Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates
  • Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy
  • Athena : religion and the democratic polis
  • Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena
  • Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries
  • Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality
  • Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation
  • Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy
  • Epilogue / The City after Socrates.
  • Preface
  • Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates
  • Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy
  • Athena : religion and the democratic polis
  • Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena
  • Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries
  • Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality
  • Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation
  • Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy.

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