Roman Festivals in the Greek East - From the Early Empire to the Middle Byzantine Era

This book explores how Roman religious festivals were celebrated in the Greek East, how they changed in the centuries between Augustus and the Middle Byzantine Era, and how this influenced the Christian liturgical calendar. Of interest to scholars of the religions of Rome, Greece, and the Near East, including Judaism and Christianity.

List of contents

Part I. Festivals in the Greek East Before Constantine: 1. Greek city festivals in the Imperial age; 2. Roman festivals in Eastern cities; Part II. Roman Festivals in the Greek East After Constantine: 3. Theodosius' reform of the legal calendar; 4. Contested festivals in the fourth century; 5. The Lupercalia from Augustus to Constantine Porphyrogennetos; 6. John Malalas and ritual aetiology; 7. The Brumalia; 8. Kalendae Ianuariae again, and again; 9. Christian liturgy and the Imperial festival tradition; Part III. Christianity and Private Ritual: 10. Christian incubation; 11. Magic in a Christian Empire; Epilogue. The persistence of festivals and the end of sacrifices.

About the author

Fritz Graf is Distinguished University Professor and Director of Epigraphy at Ohio State University. He has published widely on Greek mythology, local cults in ancient Asia Minor, eschatological texts from Greek graves, and ancient magic.

Product details

• Authors: Fritz Graf, Fritz (Ohio State University) Graf, Graf Fritz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781107465053
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46505-3
• No. of pages: 379
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory