Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion

This book provides the first full-length study of personal religious experience in the Greek Archaic and Classical periods through archaeological, epigraphic, and textual evidence. A valuable read for students and scholars of ancient Greek religion, archaeology, and lived experience in antiquity.

List of contents

List of Figures List of Maps Acknowledgments Conventions & Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 From the Hands of Votaries: Self-made Offerings and Personal Devotion 3 “We Placed Our Offerings Side by Side with His”: Personal History, Childhood, and Religious Materiality 4 Experiencing Supernatural Presence: From Bodily Blessings to Ghostly Visitors 5 Media of Presence: Keeping Gods and Humans Close 6 Bringing It All Together: Religion and the Seafaring Life Epilogue: Going Forward
Bibliography Index

About the author

K.A. Rask is an assistant professor of Classics at The Ohio State University. She is a historian of religion whose research focuses on Greek religion and archeology and Etruscan religion. She engages in archeological fieldwork in both Greece and Italy.

Summary

This book provides the first full-length study of personal religious experience in the Greek Archaic and Classical periods through archaeological, epigraphic, and textual evidence. A valuable read for students and scholars of ancient Greek religion, archaeology, and lived experience in antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: K.A. Rask, K.a. (The Ohio State University Rask
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032357485
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3235748-5
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Religion: general, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology