Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens

Religion and Politics During the Peloponnesian War
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-87221-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 423 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens, originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. The book explores an extraordinary range of events and topics, and will be an indispensable study for students and scholars studying Athenian religion and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rubel, Alexander

Vickers, Michael (University of Oxford, UK)

Vickers, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Impiety trials against philosophers and Sophists

The Plague, Pericles and the Peloponnesian War

Other prosecutions for impiety

The mutilation of the Herms and the profanation of the Mysteries: religious and political implications

Tradition and innovation: the new gods

Building for the gods: sacred architecture during the Peloponnesian War

The Arginusae trial

The trial of Socrates: an overview

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Alexander Rubel is Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Iasi, Romania.