Religion and Reconciliation in Greek Cities : The Sacred Laws of Selinus and Cyrene
Noel. Robertson
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (427 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. At Selinus, Rules throughout the Year; Part II. At Cyrene, Rules for Every Need; References; Subject Index; Select Index of Sources. - Two Greek cities which in their time were leading states in the Mediterranean world, Selinus in Sicily and Cyrene in Libya, set up inscriptions of the kind called sacred laws, but regulating worship on a larger scale than elsewhere - Selinus in the mid fifth century B.C., Cyrene in the late fourth. In different ways, the content and the format of both inscriptions are so unusual that they have baffled understanding. At Selinus, a large lead tablet with two columns of writing upside down to each other is thought to be a remedy for homicide pollution arising from civil strife, but most of it rem
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| Emner | Cyrene (Extinct city) - Religious life and customs
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| ISBN | 0195394003. - 9780195394009
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