Research Catalog

Title

Greek and Roman festivals : content, meaning, and practice / edited by J. Rasmus Brandt and Jon W. Iddeng.

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brandt, J. Rasmus.
• Iddeng, Jon W.

Description

xvii, 405 p. : ill., plans; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Greek & Roman festivals

Subjects

• Festivals > Rome > History
• Festivals > Greece > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.

Contents

Some concepts of ancient festivals / J. Rasmus Brandt, Jon W. Iddeng -- What is a Graeco-Roman festival? A polythetic approach / Jon W. Iddeng -- Ancient views on festivals : a case of Near Eastern Mediterranean Koine / Walter Burkert -- Greek festivals and the ritual process : an inquiry into the Olympia-cum-Heraia and the Great Dionysia / Synnøve des Bouvrie -- Pelops joins the party : transformations of a hero cult within the festival at Olympia / Gunnel Ekroth -- Content and form : some considerations on Greek festivals and archaeology / J. Rasmus Brandt -- The political process in the public festival : the Panathenaic festival of Athens / Jenifer Neils -- Talking of festivals : the status of choruses and choregia / Scott Scullion -- Appended festivals : the coordination and combination of traditional civic and ruler cult festivals in the Hellenistic and Roman East / Kostas Buraselis -- The feriae Latinae / Christopher J. Smith -- The festivals of the Forum Boarium area : reflections on the construction of complex representations of Roman identity / John Scheid -- Public and publicity : long-term changes in religious festivals during the Roman Republic / Jörg Rüpke -- The cult of the 'Great Mother' in imperial Rome : the Roman and the 'foreign' / Mary Beard.

Call Number

JFD 13-2965

ISBN

• 9780199696093 (hbk.)
• 0199696098

LCCN

2012464119

OCLC

779873046

Title

Greek and Roman festivals : content, meaning, and practice / edited by J. Rasmus Brandt and Jon W. Iddeng.

Imprint

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.

Added Author

Brandt, J. Rasmus.

Iddeng, Jon W.

Spine Title

Greek & Roman festivals

Research Call Number

JFD 13-2965