Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens - Religion and Politics During the Peloponnesian War

Zusatztext Winner of the Historical Sciences and Archaeology Award "Vasile Parvan"! Romanian Academy Informationen zum Autor Professor Alexander Rubel is Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Iasi, Romania. Klappentext "Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens"! originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition! sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. Zusammenfassung "Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens", originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Impiety trials against philosophers and Sophists The Plague, Pericles and the Peloponnesian War Other prosecutions for impiety The mutilation of the Herms and the profanation of the Mysteries: religious and political implications Tradition and innovation: the new gods Building for the gods: sacred architecture during the Peloponnesian War The Arginusae trial The trial of Socrates: an overview

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Rubel, Alexander Vickers Rubel, Rubel Alexander, Michael Vickers, Vickers Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2014
• EAN: 9781844655700
• ISBN: 978-1-84465-570-0
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology