Autor(en)

Robertson, Noel:

Verlag / Jahr

Oxford University Press, 2010.

Format / Einband

Cloth with dustjacket. XII, 414 p.

Sprache

Englisch

Gewicht

ca. 720 g

ISBN

0195394003

EAN

9780195394009

Bestell-Nr

1190404

Bemerkungen

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben, minimale Randläsuren, Buchrücken ausgeblichen, sonst sehr gut und sauber / dust jacket rubbed, minimal edgewear, spine faded, otherwise very good and clean. - Two Greek cities that in their time were leading states in the Mediterranean world, Selinus in Sicily and Cyrene in Libya, set up inscriptions of the kind called sacred laws and regulated worship on a larger scale than elsewhere—Selinus in the mid-fifth century b.c., Cyrene in the late fourth. In different ways, the content and format of both inscriptions are so unusual that they have baffled understanding. At Selinus, a large lead tablet with two columns of writing upside down to each other is thought to be a remedy for homicide pollution arising from civil strife, but most of it remains obscure and intractable. The gods who are named and the ritual that is prescribed have been misinterpreted in the light of literary works that dwell on the sensational. Instead, they belong to agrarian religion and follow a regular sequence of devotions, the upside-down columns being reversed midway through the year with magical effect. Gods and ritual were selected because of their appeal to ordinary persons. Selinus was governed by a long-enduring oligarchy that made an effort, appearing also in the economic details of sacrifice, to reconcile rich and poor. At Cyrene, a long series of rules was displayed on a marble block in the premier shrine of Apollo. They are extremely diverse—both costly and trivial, customary and novel—and eighty years of disputation have brought no agreement as to the individual meaning or general significance. In fact this mixture of things is carefully arranged to suit a variety of needs, of rich and poor, of citizens of long standing and of newcomers probably of Libyan origin. In one instance the same agrarian deities appear as at Selinus. It is the work once more of a moderate oligarchy, which on other evidence proved its worth during the turbulent events of this period. Religion and, Reconciliation in Greek Cities provides a revised text and a secure meaning for both documents and interprets the gods, the ritual, and the social background in the light of much comparative material from other Greek cities. Noel Robertson’s approach rejects the usual assumptions based on moralizing literary works and in doing so restores to us an ancient nature religion that Greek communities adapted to their own practical purposes. / Contents Abbreviations, Introduction, Part I. At Selinus, Rules throughout the Year 1. The Lead Tablet, 2. Displaying the Tablet, 3. A Household Offering, 4. The Kotytia and the Olympic Truce, 5. The Solstice Festival at Olympia, 6. Zeus Eumenes and the Eumenides, 7. The Semnai Theai, 8. Zeus Milichios in Spring, 9. Before the Harvest, 10. Tritopatreis Foul and Pure, 11. Tritopatreis as Wind Gods, 12. Zeus Milichios in Summer, 13. After the Harvest, 14. Hospitality for an Elasteros, 15. Zeus Elasteros and Other Lightning Gods, 16. Selinus, c. 450 b.c., Part II. At Cyrene, Rules for Every Need 17. The Inscription, 18. Some General Rules, 19. Akamantes and Tritopateres, 20. The Tithing Rules, 21. Rites of Artemis, 22. Suppliant Purifications, 23. Cyrene, c. 335-324 b.c., References, Subject Index, Select Index of Sources. ISBN 9780195394009

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