Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece: Essays on Religion and Society PDF
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CultsandRitesinAncientGreece ThisvolumeassemblesthirteenhighlyinfluentialarticleswrittenbyMichaelH.Jamesonovera periodofnearlyfiftyyears,editedandupdatedbytheauthorhimself.Theyrepresentboththe scopeandthesignaturestyleofJameson’sengagementwiththesubjectofancientGreekreligion. Thecollectioncomplementstheoriginalpublicationsintwoways:firstly,itmakesthearticles moreaccessible;andsecondly,thevolumeoffersreadersauniqueopportunitytoobservethat overalmostfivedecadesofscholarshipJamesondevelopedadistinctivemethod,asignaturestyle, aparticularperspective,awayoflookingthatcouldperhapsbefittinglycalleda“Jamesonian approach”tothestudyofGreekreligion.Thisapproach,recognizableineacharticleindividually, becomesunmistakablethroughtheconcentrationofpaperscollectedhere.Theparticularsofthe Jamesonian approach are insightfully discussed in the five introductory essays written for this volumebyleadingworldauthoritiesonpolisreligion. michael h. jamesonreceivedhisB.A.inGreekfromtheUniversityofChicagoattheageof seventeen.AfterservingintheU.S.Navy,hereturnedtotheUniversityofChicagowhereheearned hisPh.D.in1949,withhisdissertation“TheOfferingatMeals:ItsPlaceinGreekSacrifice.”He spent1949–50attheAmericanSchoolofClassicalStudiesatAthenswithaFulbrightFellowship. AfterthreeyearsattheUniversityofMissouri,heacceptedaFordFellowshipattheInstitutefor SocialAnthropologyattheUniversityofOxfordin1953–4.In1954hebecameProfessorofClassics attheUniversityofPennsylvania,andlaterdirectoroftheGraduateGroupinAncientHistory until1976.InthatyearhewasappointedProfessorofClassicsatStanfordUniversity;in1977he becameCrossettProfessorofHumanisticStudies,apositionhehelduntilhisdeathinAugust 2004.Throughouthislongcareerhereceivednumerousawardsandvisitingfellowships,including aGuggenheimFellowship(1966–7).Hewroteoversixtyarticlesonthepolitical,ecological,and socialaspectsofthepracticeofreligionintheancientGreekpolis.Asanepigrapherhepublished manyinscriptionsinInscriptionesGraecae.AsanarchaeologisthebegantheexcavationofHalieis in1962,andwasadirectorandorganizeroftheArgolidExplorationProject,anarchaeological, ecological, and ethnographic survey during the period 1979–83, which resulted in numerous publications,especiallyAGreekCountryside:TheSouthernArgolidfromPrehistorytothePresent Day(1994),co-authoredwithTjeerdVanAndelandC.N.Runnels.Histeachingandexample inspiredagenerationofscholars. allaireb.stallsmith,nowAssociateProfessorofHistoryatTowsonUniversityinTowson, MD,wroteherPh.D.dissertationunderthedirectionofMichaelH.Jameson.Herpublications include“OneColony,TwoMotherCities:CretanAgricultureunderVenetianandOttomanRule,” inJ.DavisandS.Davies(eds.)BetweenVeniceandIstanbul:ColonialLandscapesinEarlyModern Greece,HesperiaSupplement40,2007,and(asAllaireBrumfield)TheAtticFestivalsofDemeterand theirRelationtotheAgriculturalYear(1981). paul cartledgeistheinauguralA.G.LeventisProfessorofGreekCultureEmeritus,inthe FacultyofClassics,UniversityofCambridge,andaLeventisSeniorResearchFellowofClareCollege, Cambridge.Heistheauthor,co-author,editor,andco-editorofsometwenty-fivebooks,co-edits twomonographseries,andsitsontheeditorialadvisoryboardsofthreelearnedjournals.Hismost recentpublicationsincludeAncientGreece:AVeryShortIntroduction(2011),andAfterThermopylae: TheOathofPlataeaandtheEndoftheGraeco-PersianWar(2013). Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece Essays on Religion and Society michael h. jameson editedbyallaire b. stallsmith withanIntroductionbypaul cartledge UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521661294 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2014 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2014 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd.PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Jameson,MichaelH.,author. CultsandritesinAncientGreece:essaysonreligionandsociety/MichaelH.JamesonwithPaul Cartledge;contributionsbyFritzGraf. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-521-66129-4(hardback) 1.Greekproseliterature–Historyandcriticism. 2.Greece–Religion. I.Cartledge,Paul. II.Graf,Fritz. III.Title. PA3257.J36 2014 292.08–dc23 2014024303 ISBN978-0-521-66129-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Virginiaepuerisque Contents Listofillustrations [pageix] PrefatorynotebyMichaelH.Jameson [xiii] PrefacebyPaulCartledge,IrenePolinskaya,and AllaireB.Stallsmith [xv] Acknowledgments [xviii] Listofabbreviations [xix] GeneralIntroduction:MichaelH.Jameson–ClassicalCatalyst [xxiii] paul cartledge CompleteBibliographyofMichaelH.Jameson [xxxii] part i gods and heroes Introduction:FritzGraf [3] 1 TheHeroEchetlaeus [9] 2 Perseus,theHeroofMycenae [22] 3 ApolloLykeiosinAthens [41] 4 TheAsexualityofDionysus [62] part ii rites Introduction:ChristopherA.Faraone [83] 5 Sophocles,Antigone1005–1022:AnIllustration [88] 6 SacrificebeforeBattle [98] 7 TheRitualoftheAthenaNikeParapet [127] 8 Theoxenia [145] part iii religion and society Introduction:RobertParker [179] 9 Labda,Lambda,Labdakos [186] vii viii Contents 10 SacrificeandAnimalHusbandryinAncientGreece [198] 11 ReligionintheAthenianDemocracy [232] 12 TheSpectacularandtheObscureinAthenianReligion [270] part iv michael jameson and the study of greek religion Introduction:JanN.Bremmer [293] 13 SacredSpaceandtheCity:GreeceandBhaktapur [302] Generalbibliography [316] Index [354]
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