Aspects of ancient Greek cult context, ritual and iconography / [electronic resource] : edited by Jesper Tae Jensen ... [et al.]. - Aarhus : Oakville, Conn. : Lancaster, [U.K.] : Aarhus University Press ; Oxbow Books ; Gazelle [distributor], 2009 - 1 online resource (243 p.) ill. (some col.) - Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity, 8 1399-2686 ; . - Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 8. .

"The papers in this volume are based on an international conference organized by Jesper Tae Jensen, 9-10 January 2004 at the Department of Classical Archaeology, together with the Centre for Studies of Antiquities, University of Aarhus"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cult in the study of religion in archaeology / Basket case : altars, animals and baskets in Classical Attic votive reliefs / Banishing plague : Asklepios, Athens, and the great plague reconsidered / Der Altar des Asklepieions von Athen / The Athenian Asklepieion on the south slope of the Akropolis : early development, ca. 420-360 B.C. / Divine images and royal ideology in the Philippeion at Olympia / Music and cult in Ancient Greece : ethnomusicological perspectives / Cultic persona and the transmission of the Partheneions / Lisbeth Bredholt Christensen -- Richard Hamilton -- Bronwen Wickkiser -- Vanda Papaefthymiou -- Michaelis Lefantzis and Jesper Tae Jensen -- Peter Schultz -- Tore Tvarnø Lind -- George Hinge.


In English; one article in German.

8779346642 (electronic bk.) 9788779346642 (electronic bk.)


Cults--History--Greece--Congresses.
Idols and images--History--Greece--Congresses.
Music--Religious aspects--Congresses.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology


Greece--Religious life and customs--Congresses.
Greece--Antiquities--Congresses.


Electronic books.

DF122 / .A87 2009

292.37