Athenian myths and festivals: aglauros, erechtheus, plynteria, panathenaia, dionysia

Moving out from a particular problem about a particular Athenian festival, the late Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood investigates central questions concerning Athenian festivals and the myths that underlay them. This is the final work of an iconic figure among students of Greek religion. INDICE: I. Festivals and Gene: Reconstructions, Problematik, Methodologies; II. Cultic Myths and Others: Aglauros, Erichthonios, Erechtheus, Praxithea; 1: Reading cultic myths; 2: Aglauros; 3: Erechtheus, Erichthonios and others; 4: Reconstructing cultic myths: a summary of the conclusions; III. Reading a Festival Nexus: Plynteria and Kallynteria; 5: Thargelion 25: Day One of the Plynteria; 6: Aglauros, Aitia, Plynteria and Kallynteria; 7: Thargelion 26: Day Two: the procession to Phaleron; 8: Kallynteria: Thargelion 27 and 28: the return to the Acropolis and the reopening of the temple; 9: Washing the new wool; IV. Athena at the Palladion and the Palladion Myths; V. Athena Polias, Panathenaia and the Peplos; VI. City Dionysia and the Cult of Dionysos Eleuthereus; VII. Gene and Athenian Festivals: Some Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959207-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 392
• Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés