Caves And Worship In Greece

Author : Stella Katsarou,Alexander Nagel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Caves
ISBN : 0367859165

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Caves and Worship in Greece by Stella Katsarou,Alexander Nagel Pdf

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology and our modern understanding of the character and importance of cave sanctuaries in the fi rst millennium BCE Mediterranean. Written by emerging and established archaeologists and researchers, the book employs a fascinating and wide range of approaches and methodologies to investigate, and interpret material assemblages from cave shrines, many of which are introduced here for the fi rst time. An introductory section explores the emergence and growth of caves as centres of cult and religion. The chapters then probe some of the meanings attached to cave spaces and votive materials such as terracotta fi gurines, and ceramics, and those who created and used them. The authors use sensory and gender approaches, discuss the identity of the worshippers, and the contribution of statistical analysis to the role of votive materials. At the heart of the volume is the examination of cave materials excavated on the Cycladic islands and Crete, in Attika and Aitoloakarnania, on the Ionian islands and in southern Italy. This is a welcome volume for students of prehistoric and classical archaeology, enthusiasts of the history of caves, religion, ancient history, and anthropology.

Author : Stella Katsarou,Alexander Nagel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000296136

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Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece by Stella Katsarou,Alexander Nagel Pdf

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology and our modern understanding of the character and importance of cave sanctuaries in the fi rst millennium BCE Mediterranean. Written by emerging and established archaeologists and researchers, the book employs a fascinating and wide range of approaches and methodologies to investigate, and interpret material assemblages from cave shrines, many of which are introduced here for the fi rst time. An introductory section explores the emergence and growth of caves as centres of cult and religion. The chapters then probe some of the meanings attached to cave spaces and votive materials such as terracotta fi gurines, and ceramics, and those who created and used them. The authors use sensory and gender approaches, discuss the identity of the worshippers, and the contribution of statistical analysis to the role of votive materials. At the heart of the volume is the examination of cave materials excavated on the Cycladic islands and Crete, in Attika and Aitoloakarnania, on the Ionian islands and in southern Italy. This is a welcome volume for students of prehistoric and classical archaeology,enthusiasts of the history of caves, religion, ancient history, and anthropology.

Author : Yulia Ustinova
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191563423

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Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind by Yulia Ustinova Pdf

Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind analyses techniques of searching for ultimate wisdom in ancient Greece. The Greeks perceived mental experiences of exceptional intensity as resulting from divine intervention. They believed that to share in the immortals' knowledge, one had to liberate the soul from the burden of the mortal body by attaining an altered state of consciousness, that is, by merging with a superhuman being or through possession by a deity. These states were often attained by inspired mediums, `impresarios of the gods' - prophets, poets, and sages - who descended into caves or underground chambers. Yulia Ustinova juxtaposes ancient testimonies with the results of modern neuropsychological research. This novel approach enables an examination of religious phenomena not only from the outside, but also from the inside: it penetrates the consciousness of people who were engaged in the vision quest, and demonstrates that the darkness of the caves provided conditions vital for their activities.

Author : Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood,Christina Papoulia
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789256765

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Archaeology of the Ionian Sea by Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood,Christina Papoulia Pdf

Presents a thematic collection of papers dealing with the Stone Age and Bronze Age archaeology of the Ionian Sea, situated off the south western Balkan peninsula. It is based on an international conference held in Athens, Greece in January 2020. The eastern Ionian occupies a geographically complex area, which since the Pleistocene has undergone significant alterations due to tectonic activity and sea-level fluctuations. This dynamic environment, where islands, mainland, and sea intertwined to present different landscapes and seascapes to the human communities exploring the region at different times in the past, provides an ideal setting for their study from a diachronic perspective. This book deals thematically with the processes of circulation of people, materials, artefacts and ideas by examining patterns of settlement, burial and multi-layered interconnections between the different communities via land and sea. It investigates aspects of regional and interregional communication, isolation, collective memory and the creation of distinct identities within and between different cultural and social groups. It focuses on the islands of the Central Ionian Sea, offering new data from excavations and surveys on Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaki and the smaller islands of the Inner Ionian Archipelago between Lefkada and Akarnania. The cultural interchange between the islands and the continental coasts is reflected in the volume with the addition of chapters dealing with contemporary sites in west Greece and southeast Italy. The Ionian, often regarded as 'at the fringes' of the Aegean, the Balkan and the central Mediterranean archaeological discourse, has lately offered new and exciting data that not only enrich but also alter our perceptions of mobility, settlement and interaction. The collection of papers in this book enhances theoretical discussions by offering a geographically and culturally comparative approach, ranging from the earliest Palaeolithic evidence of human presence in the region to the end of the Bronze Age.

Author : Brian Haughton
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Haunted places
ISBN : 9781442971172

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Haunted Spaces, Sacred Places (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) by Brian Haughton Pdf

Author : Asher Ovadiah,Pierri Rosario
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784911997

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Elijah’s Cave on Mount Carmel and its Inscriptions by Asher Ovadiah,Pierri Rosario Pdf

Artistic and epigraphic evidence suggest that Elijah's Cave, on the western slope of Mt. Carmel, had been used as a pagan cultic place, possibly a shrine, devoted to Ba'al Carmel (identified with Zeus/Jupiter) as well as to Pan and Eros as secondary deities.

Author : Jennifer Larson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198028680

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Greek Nymphs by Jennifer Larson Pdf

Greek Nymphs: Myths, Cult, Lore is the first comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period. Drawing upon a broad range of literary and archaeological evidence, Jennifer Larson discusses sexually powerful nymphs in ancient and modern Greek folklore, the use of dolls representing nymphs in the socialization of girls, the phenomenon of nympholepsy, the nymphs' relations with other deities in the Greek pantheon, and the nymphs' role in mythic narratives of city-founding and colonization. The book includes a survey of the evidence for myths and cults of the nymphs arranged by geographical region, and a special section of the worship of nymphs in caves throughout the Greek world.

Author : Bernard Clive Dietrich
Publisher : Bristol Phoenix Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 190467531X

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The Origins of Greek Religion by Bernard Clive Dietrich Pdf

Dietrich starts from the premises that beliefs and their associated rites are inherently conservative and that, even where populations change, they tend to do so gradually, creating fusions rather than wholesale disruptions in ritual practice. An understanding of classical Greek religion thus, necessarily, depends on appreciation of its forerunners in the Bronze Age; and they, in turn, on evidence from the better documented religions of the Middle East. Dietrich's four main chapters deal first with those eastern links; then with the old traditions of Minoan Crete; next with the interplay of pre-Greek Minoan and Greek Mycenaean cultures; and finally he attempts to bridge the commonly assumed divide between bronze-age and archaic Greece.

Author : Jennifer Larson,Jennifer Lynn Larson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195144659

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Greek Nymphs by Jennifer Larson,Jennifer Lynn Larson Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. It examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period."."

Author : Dennis D. Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134966387

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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece by Dennis D. Hughes Pdf

Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers; and many other texts report human sacrifices performed regularly in the cult of the gods or during emergencies such as war and plague. Archaeologists have frequently proposed human sacrifice as an explanation for their discoveries: from Minoan Crete children's bones with knife-cut marks, the skeleton of a youth lying on a platform with a bronze blade resting on his chest, skeletons, sometimes bound, in the dromoi of Mycenaean and Cypriot chamber tombs; and dual man-woman burials, where it is suggested that the woman was slain or took her own life at the man's funeral. If the archaeologists' interpretations and the claims in the ancient sources are accepted, they present a bloody and violent picture of the religious life of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age well into historical times. But the author expresses caution. In many cases alternative, if less sensational, explanations of the archaeological are possible; and it can often be shown that human sacrifices in the literary texts are mythical or that late authors confused mythical details with actual practices.Whether the evidence is accepted or not, this study offers a fascinating glimpse into the religious thought of the ancient Greeks and into changing modern conceptions of their religious behaviour.

Author : J. C. Lawson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547091912

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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals by J. C. Lawson Pdf

Have you ever wanted to know something about modern Greek folklore and myths, but didn't know where to look? Lawson's Modern Greek Folklore is the book for you! Modern Greek Folklore has all of the Greek stories of old that you have ever heard of and more. Contents: The Survival of Pagan Deities, Zeus, Poseidon, Pan, cont.

Author : Irad Malkin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004296701

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Religion and Colonization in Ancient Greece by Irad Malkin Pdf

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.-- University of Pennsylvania)

Author : Adrian Bailey
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Reference
ISBN : IND:30000044448748

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The Caves of the Sun by Adrian Bailey Pdf

"While some scholars today claim there is no single explanation or source for myth, others say that the answers to riddles posed by symbols and relics from the distant past should be sought in the human mind, rather than in the environment of early man. The influence of psychological interpretations posed by Freud and Jung have been powerful and, the author believes, detremental to a true understanding of mankind's religious origins. CAVES OF THE SUN, Adrian Baily revives a long -discarded 18th-century theory that all myths, religions and folkt ales can be traced to one source - the sun. He shows that solar cults were founded in order to influence and channel the life-giving forces of nature, and these can be identified in neanderthal cave dwellings of 60, 000 years ago. They can be seen too in the Ice Age cave art of Altamira and Lascaux, in the Neolithic bull cult of Anatolia and Crete, in the cave-sanctuaries of Mithra and in the great circles of Stonehenge and Avebury. It was the purpose of Stonehenge hitherto unconvincingly ascribed to astronomy or fertility worship, that first set Baily off on his inquiry and led to his conclusion that all the evidence points in one direction

Author : Holley Moyes
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607321781

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Sacred Darkness by Holley Moyes Pdf

Caves have been used in various ways across human society, but despite the persistence within popular culture of the iconic caveman, deep caves were never used primarily as habitation sites for early humans. Rather, in both ancient and contemporary contexts, caves have served primarily as ritual spaces. In Sacred Darkness, contributors use archaeological evidence as well as ethnographic studies of modern ritual practices to envision the cave as place of spiritual and ideological power that emerges as a potent venue for ritual practice. Covering the ritual use of caves in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and the US Southwest and Eastern woodlands, this book brings together case studies by prominent scholars whose research spans from the Paleolithic period to the present day. These contributions demonstrate that cave sites are as fruitful as surface contexts in promoting the understanding of both ancient and modern religious beliefs and practices. This state-of-the-art survey of ritual cave use will be one of the most valuable resources for understanding the role of caves in studies of religion, sacred landscape, or cosmology and a must-read for any archaeologist interested in caves.

Author : Walter Burkert
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0674362810

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Greek Religion by Walter Burkert Pdf

A survey of the religious beliefs of ancient Greece covers sacrifices, libations, purification, gods, heroes, the priesthood, oracles, festivals, and the afterlife.