Logistics in Greek Sanctuaries

Exploring the Human Experience of Visiting the Gods
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72089-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 30, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 289 mm, Gewicht: 1126 g

Reihe: Monumenta Graeca et Romana / Monumenta Graeca et Romana, New Directions in Mediterranean Archaeology - New Directions in Mediterranean Archaeology

Scholarly study of ancient Greek sanctuaries has tended to focus on religion and ritual, monuments, deities, sacrifice, and topography. Logistics in Greek Sanctuaries takes a completely novel perspective by shifting the focus away from the religious sphere and monumental aspects of sanctuaries to practical activity and the experience of the human visitor. Close examination of the more mundane and everyday life and activity in Greek cult places, e.g., sanitation, water and food supply, accommodation, markets, managing crowds and behavior, workers, and finances, reveals relatively unexplored facets of ancient Greek sanctuaries and offers new paths of investigation for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Barringer, Judith M.

Ekroth, Gunnel

Scahill, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

MGR Editorial Preface to Introduce the Subseries Monumenta Graeca et Romana, New Directions in Mediterranean Archaeology (MGR-NDMA)

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Introduction Judith M. Barringer, Gunnel Ekroth, and David Scahill

1 Managing the Ebb and Flow of Competing Claims on Sacred Space Laura Gawlinski

2 Locked in/Locked out: How Was Access to Greek Sanctuaries and Temples Controlled in Practice? Jenny Wallensten

3 Policing Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece Jan-Mathieu Carbon and Edward Harris

4 Tegean Regulations for the Panegyris in Alea Athena’s Sanctuary: An Arkadian Festwiese (c.400–380 BCE) Christophe Chandezon

5 Utilitarian Uses of Water at Greek Sanctuaries Patrik Klingborg

6 Sanitation in Greek Sanctuaries Monika Trümper

7 Hotels, Tents and Sacred Houses: Spaces for Human Accommodation in Greek Sanctuaries Gunnel Ekroth

8 The Architectural Evidence for Dining in Greek Sanctuaries David Scahill

9 The Divine Symposion: Logistics and Significance of Drinking Wine in Greek Sanctuaries Floris van den Eijnde

10 What’s for Dinner? The ‘Menu’ in Greek Sanctuaries Michael MacKinnon

11 Food in Sanctuaries: Markets and Consumption Annalisa Lo Monaco

12 The Question of Temple Merchants: Buying and Selling in Greek Sanctuaries Véronique Chankowski

13 ‘… A Piglet to Clean the Sanctuary:’ Recurring Costs and the Logistics of Greek Sanctuaries Jeremy McInerney

14 Handworkers and Repair in Greek Sanctuaries Judith M. Barringer

15 Handling of Hides in Greek Sanctuaries: Practical, Spatial, and Conceptual Considerations Petra Pakkanen

Index of Inscriptions

Index Locorum

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Judith M. Barringer, Ph.D. (1990), Yale University, is Professor Emerita of Greek Art and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. Her scholarly work centers on the archaeology, art, and culture of ancient Greece from the Archaic through Hellenistic periods. She has published several monographs, most recently, Olympia: A Cultural History (Princeton 2021), as well as numerous articles and essays. Her textbook on The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece (Cambridge 2014) has received two book prizes.

Gunnel Ekroth, Ph.D. (1999), Stockholm University, is Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Uppsala. Her research focuses on ancient Greek religion, from both a practical and a theoretical perspective, integrating ancient texts, inscriptions, iconography and archaeological remains, including animal bones. Her most recent publications are the co-edited From snout to tail (Stockholm 2024) and Revisiting the work of Marin P. Nilsson (Stockholm 2024).

David Scahill, Ph.D. (2012), University of Bath, is a Senior Researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Athens and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research, field projects and publications focus on architecture, craft production and transmission of design. He is co-editor of New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture (Brill 2020).

With contributions by Laura Gawlinski, Jenny Wallensten, Jan-Mathieu Carbon & Edward Harris, Christophe Chandezon, Patrik Klingborg, Monika Trümper, Gunnel Ekroth, David Scahill, Floris van den Eijnde, Michael MacKinnon, Annalisa Lo Monaco, Véronique Chankowski, Jeremy McInerney, Judith M. Barringer and Petra Pakkanen.