Basket-Bearers and Gold-Wearers: . Epigraphic Insights into the Material Dimensions of Processional Roles in the Greek East
Processions in the Greek East were organised according to a clear visual schema, which helped to impose order and provide meaning. This demarcation was primarily enacted materially, with ritual roles frequently defined by the carrying of objects or accoutrements. This article focuses on the diversit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre
[2020]
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Kernos
Year: 2020, Issue: 33, Pages: 33-125 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Procession
/ Role
/ Materiality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
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| Summary: | Processions in the Greek East were organised according to a clear visual schema, which helped to impose order and provide meaning. This demarcation was primarily enacted materially, with ritual roles frequently defined by the carrying of objects or accoutrements. This article focuses on the diversity and local particularities of roles terminating in -phoros during the Hellenistic and imperial periods, as evidenced by the epigraphic record. It explores how intrinsic these material dimensions were to the processional experience in the Greek world, probing what they contributed to the aesthetics of procession and how they were ‘read’, both by participants and observers. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kernos
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/kernos.3429 |