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An Archaeology of Ancestors - Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece

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In this fresh consideration of the origins of the ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past, Carla M. Antonaccio demonstrates that hero cult and ancestor cult persisted, throughout the Iron Age, long before epic poetry's heroic narratives were widely disseminated. Although it was not until the dissolution of Iron Age societies that epic poetry and organized hero cult developed to aid claims to legitimacy, practices such as visiting tombs to make offerings were common, and contradict the usual picture of Iron Age religious conservatism.

List of contents










Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 A Regional Survey of Tomb Cults
Chapter 3 EPic and Mythical Heroes' Cults
Chapter 4 The Cult of the Dead
Chapter 5 An Archaeology of Ancestors
Chapter 6 Bibliography
Chapter 7 Index


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Carla M. Antonaccio is assistant professor of classics at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Product details

Authors Carla M. Antonaccio
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.11.1994
 
EAN 9780847679423
ISBN 978-0-8476-7942-3
No. of pages 240
Dimensions 151 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
Weight 472 g
Series Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

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