Sharing With the Gods - Aparchai and Dekatai in Ancient Greece

Sharing with the Gods examines one of the most ubiquitous yet little studied aspects of ancient Greek religion, the offering of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai), from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic.

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About the author

Theodora Jim finished her doctorate at the University of Oxford (2008/9 - 2010/11), was a Research Scholar at the University of Hong Kong (2011/12 - 2012/13), and is currently a Faculty Academic Fellow in History at the University of Lancaster (2013-).

Summary

Sharing with the Gods examines one of the most ubiquitous yet little studied aspects of ancient Greek religion, the offering of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai), from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic.

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Sharing with the Gods is a judiciously argued, well-researched and comprehensive study of first offerings, especially valuable for its investigation of the phenomenon from both societal and individual perspectives.This volume should stimulate further study of the complex modalities of interaction between the Greeks and their gods.

Product details

• Authors: Theodora Suk Fong Jim, Theodora Suk Fong (Faculty Academic Fellow in Jim, Theodora Suk Fong (Faculty Academic Fellow in History Jim, Jim Theodora Suk Fong
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2014
• EAN: 9780198706823
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870682-3
• No. of pages: 390
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory