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Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece
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In this fresh consideration of the origins of the ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past, the author demonstrates that hero cult and ancestor cult persisted throughout the Iron Age, long before epic poetry's heroic narratives were widely disseminated. Although it was not until the dissolution of Iron Age societies that epic poetry and organised hero cult developed to aid claims to legitimacy, practices such as visiting tombs to make offerings were common, and contradict the usual picture of Iron Age religious conservatism.

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Carla M. Antonaccio is assistant professor of classics at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Release date NZ
November 22nd, 1994
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
240
Dimensions
151x229x24
ISBN-13
9780847679423
Product ID
5868667

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