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A Local History of Greek Polytheism: Gods, People and the Land of Aigina, 800-400 Bce. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)

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This book provides the primary comprehensive and detailed study of the deities and cults of the vital Greek island-state of Aigina from the Geometric to Classical periods (800-400 BCE). It rests on a thorough first-hand reconsideration of the archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence. The advance of the local cults is reconstructed, at the side of their interrelationships and how they responded to the social needs of the Aiginetans. Revising other latest models of interpretation, the creator proposes a distinctive approach, informed by anthropology and social theory, to the study of the religious life of the traditional Greeks. In this basis, she uses the case of Aigina to explore fundamental issues such as the character and number of local religious worlds and their relationship to the panhellenic concepts and practices of Greek religion.

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