Civic rites : democracy and religion in ancient Athens /

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Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Deftly combining history, politics, and religion to weave together stories of democracy's first leaders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Nancy, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
To 1500
Democracy > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Democracy > Greece > Athens > Religious aspects > History > To 1500.
Religion and politics > Greece > Athens.
Religion et politique > Grèce > Athènes.
HISTORY > Ancient.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Democracy
Democracy > Religious aspects
Politics and government
Religion
Religion and politics
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
Greece > Politics and government > To 146 B.C.
Athens (Greece) > Religion.
Grèce > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece
Greece > Athens
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates
  • Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy
  • Athena : religion and the democratic polis
  • Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena
  • Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries
  • Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality
  • Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation
  • Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy
  • Epilogue / The City after Socrates.

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