Archaic Greek epigram and dedication : representation and reperformance /

"By the end of the Archaic period, Greek sanctuaries were bursting with dedications, including many that bore epigrams. This study views dedications comprehensively as sites of ritual efficacy, and in particular it recovers epigrams' reflections of and contributions to that efficacy and re...

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Main Author:	Day, Joseph W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Epigrams, Greek > History and criticism. Inscriptions, Greek. Ritual in literature. Gods, Greek, in literature. Shrines > Greece. Sacred space > Greece. Art and literature > Greece. Greece > Religious life and customs.
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