Cult and Koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly

This book explores the territorial expansion of the Thessalian League ca. 196-27 BCE, the development of the state religion of the League, and the tension between regional political identity and local cult tradition.

About the author

Denver Graninger, Ph.D. (2006) in Classics, Cornell University, is Director of the American Research Center in Sofia. He has published widely on the history and religion of the northern Greek world in antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: Denver Graninger
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2011
• EAN: 9789004207103
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20710-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 256 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 519 g
• Series: Brill Studies in Greek and Rom
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity