Religion in Hellenistic Athens by Jon D Mikalson
Until now, there has been no comprehensive study of religion in Athens from the end of the classical period to the time of Rome's domination of the city. Jon D. Mikalson provides a chronological approach to religion in Hellenistic Athens, disproving the widely held belief that Hellenistic religion during this period represented a decline from the classical era. Drawing from epigraphical, historical, literary, and archaeological sources, Mikalson traces the religious cults and beliefs of Athenians from the battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. to the devastation of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C., demonstrating that traditional religion played a central and vital role in Athenian private, social, and political life. Mikalson describes the private and public religious practices of Athenians during this period, emphasizing the role these practices played in the life of the citizens and providing a careful scruntiny of individual cults. He concludes his study by using his findings from Athens to call into question several commonly held assumptions about the general development of religion in Hellenistic Greece.-
Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
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The Vanished Library
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
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Thundering Zeus
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Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
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The Best of the Argonauts
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Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus
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Faces of Power
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The Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India
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The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature
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Creating a Common Polity
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Stoic Studies
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The Making of Fornication
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From Alexander to Jesus
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa
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Seeing Double
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Asylia
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Interstate Arbitrations in the Greek World, 337–90 B.C.
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories
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From Pergamon to Sperlonga
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The Politics of Plunder
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Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible
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Hellenistic Constructs
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Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius
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Tales of High Priests and Taxes
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The Question of Eclecticism
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Hellenistic History and Culture
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The Cynics
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Pseudo Hecataeus, On the Jews
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Theocritus's Urban Mimes
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Poetic Garlands
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Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers
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Athens and Macedon
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Polyeideia
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Hellenistic Egypt
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Into the Land of Bones
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A History of Macedonia
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The Beginnings of Jewishness
Jon D. Mikalson is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year (1975), Athenian Popular Religion (1983), and Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy (1991).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520210233 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520210239 |
| Title | Religion in Hellenistic Athens |
| Author | Jon D Mikalson |
| Series | Hellenistic Culture And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1998-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 385 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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