Description
This book explores the number of ancient Greek sanctuaries–their settings, areas, shapes, and structures–and the rituals related to them, such as festivals and processions, sacrifice and libation, dining and drinking, prayer and offering, dance, initiation, consultation, and purification. Subsequent chapters trace the results of the Roman conquest, the triumph of Christianity, in addition to the affect of Turks, travelers, archaeologists, and tourists on these sites. That includes an exhaustive thesaurus and bibliography, the amount supplies an accessible, authoritative introduction to ancient Greek sanctuaries and their ritual activities.