New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens - Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society

A study of the approbation of religious actions and artefacts and an investigation of the various authorities in religious activities in classical and Hellenistic Athens. New esthetic and social aspects and a new view of polis control of religion emerge.

About the author

Jon D. Mikalson, Ph.D.(1970), Harvard University. Kenan Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. His books include Athenian Popular Religion (1983), Honor Thy Gods: Popular Religion in Greek Tragedy (1992), Religion in Hellenistic Athens (1998), and Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy (2010).

Product details

• Authors: Jon Mikalson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2016
• EAN: 9789004319189
• ISBN: 978-90-04-31918-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works