Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience - Sacred Space, Memory, and Cognition

A nuanced study for students and researchers of ancient Greek religion and archaeology. It reveals the importance of cosmological tenets in the performance of ritual and the importance of their location and time for religious education. Also of interest to historians of science, as it explains how astronomy permeated ancient daily life.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Methodological Advances, Approaches, and Considerations; 3. Worship in Space and Time; 4. Astronomy and Perceptual Cognition in Apolline Cults; 5. The Cosmos in Manifestations of Identity, Memory, and Remembrance; 6. Cosmic Time in Greek Mystery Cults; 7. Epilogue.

About the author

Efrosyni Boutsikas is Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Kent.

Summary

A nuanced study for students and researchers of ancient Greek religion and archaeology. It reveals the importance of cosmological tenets in the performance of ritual and the importance of their location and time for religious education. Also of interest to historians of science, as it explains how astronomy permeated ancient daily life.

Product details

• Authors: Efrosyni Boutsikas, EFROSYNI BOUTSIKAS, Boutsikas Efrosyni Boutsikas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108488174
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48817-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, Ancient Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Landscape Archaeology, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology