Religion and reconciliation in Greek cities : the sacred laws of Selinus and Cyrene /
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....
| Основен автор: | Robertson, Noel. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Серия: |
American classical studies ;
no. 54. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=299118 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Religion and reconciliation in Greek cities. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 414 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780199742004 0199742006 |