Beate Dignas

Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nevertheless, a study of the finances of the cults reveals frequent problems concerning the upkeep of cults and a particular need to guard the privileges and property of the gods. Their situation oscillated between glut and dearth. When the harmonious identity between city and cult was disturbed, those closely attached to the cult acted on behalf of their domain.

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This original study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the poleis that hosted them. Examining the forms of interaction between rulers, cities, and sanctuaries, the book proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 149mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780199254088
• ISBN-10: 0199254087
• Artikelnr.: 21655506

Autorenporträt

Beate Dignas is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Sanctuaries and Cities
1: Assessing Sacred Wealth: Finances, Land, Administration
2: The Cults under Hellenistic Rule
3: The Cults under Roman Rule
4: Sanctuaries in Asia Minor between Continuity and Change