Sharing with the Gods : aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece /

Sharing with the Gods : aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jim, Suk Fong, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description:	xv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford classical monographs Oxford classical monographs.
Subject:	First fruits (Greek religion) First fruits (Greek religion) Religion. Greece -- Religion. Greece.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10089006

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Varying Form of Title:	Aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece
ISBN:	9780198706823 0198706820
Notes:	"Sharing with the Gods examines one of the most ubiquitous yet little studied aspects of ancient Greek religion, the offering of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai), from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-338) and indexes.
Summary:	"Sharing with the Gods examines one of the most ubiquitous yet little studied aspects of ancient Greek religion, the offering of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai), from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Conventions and Abbreviations
Introduction: A History of 'First-Fruits'
1. The Vocabulary of Aparche, Aparchesthai, and Related Terms
2. Religious Mentality in First Offerings
3. Agricultural First Offerings
4. First Offerings at Meals
5. Private Dedications
6. Military First Offerings
7. A Network of Aparchai: Religion, Politics, and Power
8. A/eparchai and Dekatai in Cult Finance
Conclusion
Appendix: Human First Offerings in Colonization
Bibliography
Index of Sources
Subject Index