Sharing with the gods : aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece /

This book provides a comprehensive account of the offering all over the Greek world of so-called ‘first-fruits' (aparchai) and ‘tithes' (dekatai) from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period (c. 700 to 31 B.C.). Existing studies of Greek religion tend to focus on ritual performance, but this...

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Main Author:	Jim, Suk Fong (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:	Oxford classical monographs.
Subjects:	Rites and ceremonies > Greece. Gods, Greek. Greece > Religious life and customs. Greece > Religion. Rites et cérémonies > Grèce. Dieux grecs. Grèce > Religion. Gods, Greek Religion Rites and ceremonies Greece Religion. Philosophy & Religion. European Religions - pre-Christian. Electronic books.
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