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The sacred law of Andania : a new text with commentary / Laura Gawlinski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 2.Publication details: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 285 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110268140
  • 3110268140
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred law of Andania.DDC classification:
  • 292.080938/9 23
LOC classification:
  • BL795.M9 G39 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 6,12
  • LF 1855
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Contents:
Preface; Introduction; Chapter I: The Text and its Context; 1. The Diagramma; 2. The Date of the Diagramma; 3. The Context of the Diagramma; 4. The Mystery Festival; 4.1 Contents of the Festival; 4.2 Deities; 4.3 Officials; 4.4 Participants; 4.5 Conclusion: The Mysteries Reconstructed; Chapter II: Topography: The Site of Andania and the Karneiasion; 1. The Location of the City and Sanctuary; 2. The Sanctuary; 3. The Procession; 3.1 Origin and Route; 3.2 Walking Directions from Messene to the Divari Spring; 4. Current Location of the Diagramma; Chapter III: The Inscription.
Physical and Epigraphic DescriptionText and Translation; Commentary; 1. Oaths; 2. Transferal; 3-5. Dress; 3. Wreaths; 4. Clothing; 5. Oath of the Gynaikonomos; 6. Procession; 7-8. Tents; 7. Concerning Tents; 8. The Things Which One Must Not Have in the Tents; 9-10. Order Kept by Rhabdophoroi; 9. Concerning Those Who Are Disorderly; 10. Concerning Rhabdophoroi; 11. About Funds; 12. Supplying of Sacrificial Animals; 13. Artisans; 14. Crimes; 15. Cutting Wood in the Sanctuary; 16. Slave Refuge; 17. Fountain; 18. Treasuries; 19. Sacred Meal.
20. Market 21-22. Water, Bath and Ointments; 21. Water; 22. Bath and Ointments; 23. Reporting of Sunesis; 24. Copy of the Diagramma; 25. The Ten; 26. Unwritten Matters; Appendix: An Oracle Inscription Concerning the Mysteries; Abbreviations; Bibliography; List of Figures; Indices; 1. Index Verborum; 2. Ancient Sources; 3. General Index; Plates.
Summary: The inscribed text referred to as the sacred law of Andania contains almost 200 lines of regulations about a mystery festival and the sanctuary in which it took place. This book presents a new edition of the inscription and examines its rules in the wider context of Greek religious law and the management of sacred space. The regulations touch on a range of issues including finance, pollution, and the role of women, so that this study can be used as a handbook on the daily life of Greek religion.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)430111

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Introduction; Chapter I: The Text and its Context; 1. The Diagramma; 2. The Date of the Diagramma; 3. The Context of the Diagramma; 4. The Mystery Festival; 4.1 Contents of the Festival; 4.2 Deities; 4.3 Officials; 4.4 Participants; 4.5 Conclusion: The Mysteries Reconstructed; Chapter II: Topography: The Site of Andania and the Karneiasion; 1. The Location of the City and Sanctuary; 2. The Sanctuary; 3. The Procession; 3.1 Origin and Route; 3.2 Walking Directions from Messene to the Divari Spring; 4. Current Location of the Diagramma; Chapter III: The Inscription.

Physical and Epigraphic DescriptionText and Translation; Commentary; 1. Oaths; 2. Transferal; 3-5. Dress; 3. Wreaths; 4. Clothing; 5. Oath of the Gynaikonomos; 6. Procession; 7-8. Tents; 7. Concerning Tents; 8. The Things Which One Must Not Have in the Tents; 9-10. Order Kept by Rhabdophoroi; 9. Concerning Those Who Are Disorderly; 10. Concerning Rhabdophoroi; 11. About Funds; 12. Supplying of Sacrificial Animals; 13. Artisans; 14. Crimes; 15. Cutting Wood in the Sanctuary; 16. Slave Refuge; 17. Fountain; 18. Treasuries; 19. Sacred Meal.

20. Market 21-22. Water, Bath and Ointments; 21. Water; 22. Bath and Ointments; 23. Reporting of Sunesis; 24. Copy of the Diagramma; 25. The Ten; 26. Unwritten Matters; Appendix: An Oracle Inscription Concerning the Mysteries; Abbreviations; Bibliography; List of Figures; Indices; 1. Index Verborum; 2. Ancient Sources; 3. General Index; Plates.

The inscribed text referred to as the sacred law of Andania contains almost 200 lines of regulations about a mystery festival and the sanctuary in which it took place. This book presents a new edition of the inscription and examines its rules in the wider context of Greek religious law and the management of sacred space. The regulations touch on a range of issues including finance, pollution, and the role of women, so that this study can be used as a handbook on the daily life of Greek religion.