Cities and Priests: Cult Personnel in Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands from the Hellenistic to the Imperial Period

This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. The presentation and represent...

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Contributors: Horster, Marietta 1961- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
German
French
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Published: Berlin [u.a.] De Gruyter 2013
In:Year: 2013
Series/Journal:Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten 64
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Anatolia / Aegean islands / Classical antiquity / Priest / Personality cult
Further subjects:B Conference program 2012 (Mainz)
B Hellenistic period
B Priests
B RELIGION / Clergy
B Greco-Roman religion
B Asia Minor
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Summary:This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. The presentation and representation of priesthoods and individual priests are discussed inter alia through examples from Priene, Ephesos, Smyrna, Stratonikeia, Lindos, and Kos.
ISBN:3110318482
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110318487