Urban rituals in sacred landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor /

"In Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor, Christina G. Williamson examines the phenomenon of monumental sanctuaries in the countryside of Asia Minor that accompanied the second rise of the Greek city-state in the Hellenistic period. Moving beyond monolithic categories, W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williamson, Christina G. (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:	Religions in the Graeco-Roman world. volume 196.
Subjects:	Shrines > Turkey. Temples, Greek > Turkey. Sacred space > Turkey. Cities and towns, Ancient > Turkey. City and town life > Turkey. Turkey > Religion. Turkey > Religious life and customs. Cities and towns, Ancient. City and town life. Religion. Sacred space. Shrines. Temples, Greek. Turkey. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Approaching country sanctuaries
Memory and control : Mylasa and the sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
Urban microcosms : Syngeneiai and the sanctuary of Sinuri
Festival networks : Stratonikeia and the sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina
Building urban community on the margins : Stratonikeia and the sanctuary of Zeus at Panamara
Urban rituals in sacred landscapes.