Excavations at Nemea IV : the shrine of Opheltes /

"The Sanctuary of Zeus at ancient Nemea has been a rich resource for archaeological investigation and analysis conducted by the University of California over the past forty years. The Sanctuary hosted one of the preeminent athletic festivals of ancient Greece, the Nemean Games. Just as the Olym...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bravo, Jorge J., III, 1968- (Autor)
Otros Autores: MacKinnon, Michael R. (Michael Ross), 1966- (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Temas:
Temple of Zeus (Nemea, Greece)
Hero worship > Greece.
Cults > Greece.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece.
Héros > Culte > Grèce.
Cultes > Grèce.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Antiquities
Cults
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hero worship
Greece > Antiquities.
Grèce > Antiquités.
Greece
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • TABLES
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • SPECIALIZED TERMINOLOGY AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT AND APPENDICES
  • ELEVATIONS,GRIDREFERENCES,AND MEASUREMENTS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Physical Remains
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Faunal Remains from the Hero Shrine / Mackinnon, Michael
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Myth of Opheltes and the Origin of the Nemean Games
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Representations of the Hero Opheltes in Art
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Shrine of Opheltes in the Context of Greek Hero Cult
  • Appendix A: Catalogue of Artifacts
  • Appendix B: The Curse Tablets from the Hero Shrine
  • Appendix C: Testimonia on the Myth and Cult of Opheltes and the Nemean Games
  • Index of Subjects, Ancient People and Places, and Modern Scholars
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Inventoried Finds from the Nemea Excavations Mentioned in This Volume

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