Often ignored in studies of Classical Greek religion, private cults were widespread in the Hellenistic world. Although worshippers in Classical Greece were normally involved in group and civic worship, there is evidence that they could also act outside of these constraints, expressing their piety through the financing and administration of cults they established on their own. Singular Dedications is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon, examining three case studies that represent the diversity and complexity that characterise ancient Greek religion in the Classical period.
Author(s): Andrea Purvis
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 218
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
List of Figures......Page 8
Series Editors’ Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
DEFINITIONS......Page 13
PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP AND THE PRESENT STUDY......Page 15
TYPES OF PRIVATE RELIGION......Page 17
PRIVATE CULT FOUNDATIONS......Page 19
HOW TO FOUND A CULT......Page 22
CHAPTER 2 Xenocratia......Page 26
COSMOPOLITAN GIFTS......Page 43
ADDITIONAL “WORK” ON THE CAVE......Page 59
NYMPHOLEPSY IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD......Page 62
DIVINE ADVICE......Page 65
INTRODUCTION TO ANABASIS 5.3.4–13......Page 73
THE FUNCTION OF THE PASSAGE IN THE ANABASIS......Page 76
THE DEDICATION OF THE TITHE......Page 82
WHY ARTEMIS?......Page 83
EPHESIAN ARTEMIS AND HER CITY......Page 84
XENOPHON’S DELAY IN DEDICATING THE TITHE......Page 87
SCILLUS: THE SITE......Page 90
THE STATUS OF SCILLUS AND OF XENOPHON AT SCILLUS......Page 92
BENEFITS OF THE CULT TO THE SCILLUNTIANS, THE SPARTANS, AND XENOPHON......Page 95
PROCEDURES OF FOUNDATION AND ELEMENTS OF WORSHIP: THE SANCTION OF THE GOD......Page 100
PARALLELS OF BRANCH CULTS......Page 105
THE STATUE......Page 109
THE TEMPLE......Page 110
THE TEMENOS AND ESTATE......Page 112
THE FESTIVAL......Page 113
THE HUNT......Page 116
THE INSCRIPTION......Page 123
Conclusion......Page 129
Notes......Page 135
Bibliography......Page 185
AUTHORS AND TEXTS......Page 202
Index of Divinities......Page 206
