Festivals of Attica by Erika Simon
The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshalling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults.
"[One] cannot finish the book without feeling that he has seen real people caught in the act of veneration" - David E. Roessel, Archaeological News
Erika Simon is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Wurzburg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780299091842 |
| ISBN 10 | 0299091848 |
| Title | Festivals of Attica |
| Author | Erika Simon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Year published | 2002-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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