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Roman festivals in the Greek East : from the early empire to the Middle Byzantine Era /

This study explores the development of ancient festival culture in the Greek East of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to the fundamental religious changes that occurred. After analysing how Greek city festivals developed in the first two Imperial centuries, it concentrates on the major...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graf, Fritz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Colección:Greek culture in the Roman world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Festivals in the Greek East before Constantine. Greek city festivals in the Imperial age
  • Roman festivals in easter cities
  • pt. II. Roman festivals in the Greek East after Constantine. Theodosius reform of the legal calendar
  • Contested festivals in the fourth century
  • The Lupercalia from Augustus to Constantine Porphyrogennetos
  • John Malalas and ritual aetiology
  • The Brumalia
  • Kalendae Ianuariae again, and again
  • Christian liturgy and the imperial festival tradition
  • pt. III. Christianity and private ritual. Incubation in a Christian world
  • Magic in a Christian empire.