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Water in sanctuaries and sacred places : Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the Argolid
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Dunant, Etienne (2008) Water in sanctuaries and sacred places : Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the Argolid. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Water is often considered a self-explanatory subject by ancient and modem sources alike and as such has not always received the critical attention it deserves. Ginouves Balaneutike (1962) remains the one major publication to date. This thesis contributes to a renewed interest in the subject and explores the presence ot water in ancient Greek religion in the regions of Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the Argolid. It uses Pausanias’ Periegesis as a useful guide although it is not limited to the sites described by the ancient traveller. The thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach and uses both material and literary sources in order to assert the role played by water and the powers it was attributed in cult. Beside this traditional approach, the thesis also explores the question of water as a spatial component in the ancient Greek set of beliefs. For this, it draws on structuralist theories and the more recent development ot landscape studies in ancient Greek history.
The First half of the thesis is organised by geographical area and surveys the sites where water had a known religious importance, thus making it possible to compare on a small scale between individual sites and, on a larger scale, between whole regions. Particular attention is paid to a relatively unknown site, the Kyllou-Pera in Attica, which epitomises the characteristics of the sites studied in this thesis as well as the problems created by unclear literary and archaeological evidence. A study of the various qualities and powers attributed to water by the ancient Greeks lollows, where the previously surveyed sites and sanctuaries are used as a basis lor the interpretations. The thesis finally describes how water possessed a strong spatial dimension and was as such an integral part of the ancient Greek religious landscape.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Water -- Mythology -- Greece, Water -- Religious aspects | ||||
Official Date: | May 2008 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Classics and Ancient History | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Davidson, James N. | ||||
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Extent: | viii, 380 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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