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Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986

Edited by Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist

Abstract

Twenty-eight papers on the phenomena of early Greek cult practice, concentrating on the Late Geometric, Archaic and Classical periods, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. The papers are arranged in eight groups, discussing (1) animal sacrifice, Minoan to Greek, (2) Greek sacrificial ritual, (3) early cults at Knossos and Sparta, (4) temples, altars, cult images and ritual meals, (5) water in the cult, (6) votive offerings, (7) cult practice and cultural anthropology, and (8) special cults and cult practices (including cults of heroes, veneration of ancestors, ritual haircuts and building sacrifices). 

Bibliographical information

Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist, eds, Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 38), Jonsered 1988. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086979.

Alternative series title:
Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae series in 4˚, XXXVIII