State pilgrims and sacred observers in ancient Greece : a study of The�ori�a and The�oroi /
The first comprehensive study of theoroi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries.
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Cambridge, New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of maps; List of tables; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Approaches to the�ori�a: preliminary definitions and issues; 1.1 Polis religion and Panhellenic religion; 1.2 Defining the�ori�a; 1.3 Cities, sanctuaries and networks; 1.4 History of the subject; 1.5 Terminology and the 'pilgrimage'-issue; 1.6 Plan of book; 2 Evidence; 2.1 Documents; 2.2 Literary sources; 2.3 Material culture; 3 An historical overview; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Beginnings; 3.3 Classical period; 3.4 Hellenistic reshaping; 3.5 The Roman period.
- 4 Festival the�ori�a4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Panhellenic festivals with competitions; 4.3 Regional and local festivals; 4.4 Festivals without theoric terminology; 5 Festival announcement and truce; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Festival announcement in the fourth and third centuries BC; 5.3 The Classical period; 6 Oracles; 6.1 More accurate than a carpenter's tools: Theognis' the�oros; 6.2 State-consultation of oracles: evidence; 6.3 Terminology; 6.4 Oracle delegates at the sanctuary; 6.5 Protecting against fraud; 7 Conveying offerings; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Aparkhai; 7.3 Offerings and oracles.
- 7.4 Fetching7.5 Fire rituals; 8 The�oroi as magistrates; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Arc adi a; 8.3 Paros and Thasos; 8.4 A problem case: Aegina; 8.5 Other cases; 8.6 Summation; 9 The�ori�a and viewing; 9.1 The�ori�a, festival and visuality; 9.2 Intellectual journeys and sightseeing; 10 Participants; 10.1 Composition; 10.2 The arkhithe�oroi; 10.3 Who got chosen as the�oroi?; 10.4 Other officials; 10.5 Groups w ithin the p olis sp e ci a lising in the�or i�a; 10.6 The escort; 11 The journey; 11.1 The mission begins; 11.2 Sea travel; 11.3 Land travel; 11.4 D angers of the journe y.
- 11.5 Ekekheiri�a, spondai, hierom�eni�a11.6. The return; 12 Performances in the sanctuary; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Proxenoi; 12.3 Institutional arrangements and taxes:the Delphic conventions; 12.4 Joint sacrifice; 12.5 Processions; 12.6 The ag�on; 12.7 Keeping order; 13 Civic the�ori�a; 13.1 The�oroi as agents and mediators; 13.2 Funding; 13.3 Political and religious identity; 13.4 The Athenian P�utha�is: a travelling image of the polis; 13.5 Kos and Delos: celebrating the city at home and abroad; 14 The theoric chorus; 14.1 Introduction; 14.2 Watching the locals perform; 14.3 Bringing a song.
- 14.4 Other scenarios14.5 The Hellenistic period. Professionals and travelling poets; 15 Interstate politics and diplomacy; 15.1 Interstate politics and 'ordinary' forms of the�ori�a; 15.2 The�oroi, empires and kingdoms; 15.3 Federations, unions of cities and councils; 15.4 The�oroi and ambassadors; 16 Hellenism, Panhellenismand common sanctuaries; 16.1 The common sanctuaries; 16.2 The�oria and Panhellenic memory in the Hellenistic world; 16.3 The Panhellenion: only authentic Greeks need apply; 16.4 Non-Greeks and the�ori�a; 16.5 The�ori�a and the origins of Hellenicity.