Miasma
Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion
Häftad, Engelska, 1990
Av Robert Parker, University of Oxford) Parker, Robert (Wykeham Professor of Ancient History,, Wykeham Professor of Ancient History,
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Anyone who has sampled even a few of the most commonly read Greek texts will have encountered pollution. The pollution of bloodshed is a frequent theme of tragedy: Orestes is driven mad; Oedipus brings plague upon all Thebes. In historical texts we find cities intervening in the internal affairs of others to `drive out the pollution', or making war on account of it. Political orators represent their opponents as polluting demons. Purity is a constant concern in ritual texts, and any Greek underwent many small purifications in his everyday life. Certain abnormal religious movements of the archaic age made `purification' the path to felicity in the afterlife. First published in hardback in 1983, Miasma is the first work in English to treat this theme in detail.
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- Utgivningsdatum1990-03-22
- Mått138 x 216 x 22 mm
- Vikt521 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieClarendon Paperbacks
- Antal sidor432
- FörlagClarendon Press
- ISBN9780198147428
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