A01=Andrea Purvis
adjective
ancient Greek religion
Apollo Patroos
Artemis Agrotera
Artemis Ephesia
Author_Andrea Purvis
Breathing Mark
Category=NHC
Category=NHD
Category=QRS
cave
Cave Cults
Classical Greek Religion
cult
cult founders case studies
cults
dedicatory
Dipylon Gate
Divine Advice
Doric
Doric Dialect
Ephesian Temple
epigraphic evidence analysis
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eq_history
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eq_isMigrated=2
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god
Greek sanctuaries history
Hellenistic ritual practices
Inscrip Tions
inscription
Mount Hymettus
Nicias
Plato's Testimony
Plato’s Testimony
private
Private Cults
Private Religion
private religious patronage in antiquity
religious self-dedication
river
River Cephisus
Sacred Land
Triple Visions
Vari Cave
Vase Paintings
verbal
Verbal Adjective
Xenophon's Time
Xenophon’s Time
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415967013
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jun 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world. Although worshippers in Classical Greece were normally involved in group and civic worship, there is evidence that they could also act outside of these constraints, expressing their piety through the financing and administration of cults they established on their own. Singular Dedications is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon, examining three case studies that represent the diversity and complexity that characterize ancient Greek religion in the Classical period.
