Oxford Readings in Greek Religion

by Buxton, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780198721901
• ISBN10: 0198721900
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The study of ancient Greek religion has been excitingly renewed in the last thirty years. Key areas of interest have been: the relationship between religion and politics; new and unexpected perspectives opened up by archaeological finds; the symbiosis between myth and ritual; the role ofgender differences in the practice and perception of religion; conceptual problems raised by the very notion of 'religion'. This volume gathers together challenging papers by many of the most innovative participants in this renewal. Almost all the articles have been revised by their authors and/orprovided with Addenda, to take account of the most recent scholarship. One article has been translated specifically for this collection; another is for the first time provided with illustrations. No single school or style of approach is privileged: the aim is to illustrate a range of possiblemethods which may be adopted in the investigation of this endlessly fascinating material.

Author Biography

Richard Buxton is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol and the author of several books about ancient Greek literature, including From Myth to Reason (OUP, 1999).

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	vii
List of Illustrations	x
Introduction	1	(12)
Richard Buxton
I: Religion in Society
What is Polis Religion?	13	(25)
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
Further Aspects of Polis Religion	38	(18)
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
Tribes, Festivals, and Processions: Civic Ceremonial and Political Manipulation in Archaic Greece	56	(20)
W.R. Connor
Greek States and Greek Oracles	76	(33)
Robert Parker
From Oedipus to Periander: Lameness, Tyranny, Incest in Legend and History	109	(24)
J.-P. Vernant
II: Archaeology of the Sacred
Demeter in the Ancient Greek City and its Countryside	133	(22)
Susan Guettel Cole
Greek Sanctuaries as Places of Refuge	155	(25)
Ulrich Sinn
The Archaeology of the Hero	180	(11)
Anthony Snodgrass
Votives and Votaries in Greek Sanctuaries	191	(36)
Folkert Van Straten
III: Myths and Rituals
Jason, Hypsipyle, and New Fire at Lemnos: A Study in Myth and Ritual	227	(23)
Walter Burkert
The Locrian Maidens	250	(21)
Fritz Graf
Scapegoat Rituals in Ancient Greece	271	(23)
Jan N. Bremmer
Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece	294	(23)
Robin Osborne
IV: Boundary Disputes
Greek Magic, Greek Religion	317	(27)
Robert L. Fowler
Misconceptualizing Classical Mythology	344	(15)
C. Robert Phillips, III
Details of Original Publication	359	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	361