ThesCRA is a major multivolume reference on all known aspects of Greek; Etruscan; and Roman cults and rituals encompassing the period from 1000 BC to AD 400. The eight volumes provide authoritative and in-depth information on ancient cults and rituals. Illustrated articles in English; French; Italian; and German address such topics as processions; sacrifices; libation; dedications; purification; consecration/foundation rites; heroization and apotheosis; banquet; dance; music; rites related to cult images; divination; prayer; asylum; oaths; malediction; profanation; magic; cult places; personnel; and instruments; stages and circumstances of life; work; hunting; travel; festivals and contests; private/public space; polarities in religious life; and religious interrelations between the classical world and neighboring civilizations. The final installment; this thematic index covers the complete set and complements; rather than replaces; the earlier volume of abbreviations and index; which indexes the first five volumes.
#1836472 in Books Baylor University Press 2011-12-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.90 x 1.50 x 7.00l; 1.65 #File Name: 1602582424635 pages
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