Cities and Priests
Cult Personnel in Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands from the Hellenistic to the Imperial Period
Published on 1. January 2014
Book
Mixed media product
XII, 368 pages
978-3-11-031849-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together historical, archaeological and religious studies approaches to offer a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of the social and political role of priests and priestesses of civic cults from the Hellenistic period into Imperial times. The presentation and representation of priesthoods and individual priests are discussed inter alia through examples from Priene, Ephesos, Smyrna, Stratonikeia, Lindos, and Kos.
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Series
Language
English
German
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-031849-4 (9783110318494)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Marietta Horster, University of Mainz; Anja Klöckner, University of Giessen.