Religious Associations in the Post-Classical Polis

by Julietta Steinhauer-Hogg

This book investigates the development of religious associations in the Aegean world in Hellenistic and Roman times on the basis of epigraphic and archaeological evidence from major sites. It offers a socio-cultural examination of religious associations linked to a variety of deities at different places. Founding or joining a religious association was a matter of individual choice. But that choice took place in an environment dominated by more traditional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3515106464
• ISBN13: 9783515106467
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 189 Pages