The first full-length treatment of the Panathenaia, the most important festival in ancient Athens. Investigates how individuals participated in this long-lived, all-Athenian celebration, and how their participation constructed and fostered both group and social identity. Essential for anyone working on ancient Greece and especially Greek religion.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. The Panathenaia: An Introduction; 2. Giants and Heroes: The Mythologies of the Panathenaia; 3. The Little Panathenaia; 4. The Great Panathenaia: Ritual and Reciprocity; 5. The Panathenaic Games: Entertaining the Goddess; 6. Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Athenian Men; 7. Creating Identities at the Great Panathenaia: Other Residents and Non-Residents; 8. The City, the Goddess and the Festival; Appendix 1. The Hellenistic Archons of Athens: 323/2 to 48/7 BC; Appendix 2. The Parthenon Frieze and the Panathenaia; Appendix 3. The Races for the Apobates and the Dismounting Charioteer; Appendix 4: The Pyrrhiche and the Tribal Team Events; Appendix 5: The Date of IG II2 3079 = IG II3.4 528; Appendix 6: The Officials of the Great Panathenaia in the Third Century BC; Appendix 7: Tiberius Claudius Novius and the Great Panathenaia Sebasta; Appendix 8: The Text of Agora XVIII C197; Tables; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index of Collections; General Index.