The hero cults of Sparta : local religion in a Greek city /

The hero cults of Sparta : local religion in a Greek city /

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Author / Creator:	Pavlides, Nicolette A., author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xiii, 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Bloomsbury Classical Studies Monographs Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subject:	Hero worship -- Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city) Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Hero worship Religion Sparta (Extinct city) -- Religion. Sparta (Extinct city) -- Antiquities. Greece -- Sparta (Extinct city)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13356209

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ISBN:	9781788313001 1788313003 9781350198081 1350198080 9781350198050 9781350198067
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book examines the hero-cults of Sparta on the basis of the archaeological and literary sources. Nicolette Pavlides explores the local idiosyncrasies of a pan-Hellenic phenomenon, which itself can help us understand the place and function of heroes in Greek religion. Although it has long been noted that hero-cult was especially popular in Sparta, there is little known about the cults, both in terms of material evidence and the historical context for their popularity. The evidence from the cult of Helen and Menelaos at the Menelaion, the worship of Agamemnon and Alexandra/Kassandra, the Dioskouroi, and others who remain anonymous to us, is viewed as a local phenomenon reflective of the developing communal and social consciousness of the polis"--
Other form:	Online version: Pavlides, Nicolette A. Hero cults of Sparta London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2023] 9781350198050

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