The Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion

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Half-title
Title page
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Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1 Localism and the Study of Ancient Greek Religion: The Example of the Divine Persona
	Introduction
	The Problem of the Unity and Diversity of Ancient Greek Divinity
	Localism and the Divine Persona: Debates and Positions
	The Local as the Realisation of the Universal
	The Local as the Place at Which Variation Occurs
	The Local and the Universal as Ubiquitous and Intersecting Categories
	Placing Religion between the Local and the General
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
2 Refitting the Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion (Including Some Remarks on the Sanctuary of Poseidon on Kalaureia)
	The Local Horizon: Signifier and Source of Religious Meaning
	The Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia and the Saronic Region: Sails and Scales
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
3 Mycenaean Greek Worship in Minoan Territory
	The Mycenaeans in Place: The Foundations of Greek Religion
		A Historiographical Perspective
		The Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Distinct Ideological Systems
		The Helladic Roots of Mycenaean Religion
	Within Minoan Territory: The Effects of a New Place on Mycenaean Religion
		Upheaval on Crete and a New Power Base at Knossos
		Early Days at Knossos: Harking back to the Mainland
		Settling in and Transforming the New Place into Home
		The Force of Local Horizons
	Bibliography
4 Hera on Samos: Between the Global and the Local
	The Name
	The Myths
	The Toneia
	Heraia
	Worshipping Hera on Samos
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
5 Polytheism and the Distribution of Votives in the Corinthia
	Poseidon at Isthmia
	Hera at Perachora
	Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth
	Votives and Wealth
	Votives and Practicality of Location
	Votives and Gender
	Votives and Deity
	An Alternative Model: 'Raw' and 'Converted'
	The Miniature and the Monumental
	Conclusions
	Appendix: Tables and Charts
	Bibliography
6 Demeter Chthonia at Hermione: Landscapes and Cult
	Introduction
	Localisation, 'Landscapes', and their Interaction with the Divine Persona
	Hermione: Polis and Chora, Topography and Character
	Local Factors in the Cult of Demeter Chthonia
	Demeter Chthonia Outside of Hermione
	Bibliography
7 Local Variation in the Thesmophoria Festival: A Case Study of the Attic and Sicilian Thesmophoria Festivals
	Introduction
	The 'Universal' Reconstruction of the Thesmophoria Festival
	The Attic Thesmophoria
	The Sicilian Thesmophoria
	Similarities and Differences between the Attic and Sicilian Thesmophoria Festivals
	The Local and the Universal in the Attic and Sicilian Thesmophoria Festivals
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
8 The Lindian Chronicle and Local Identity
	Introduction: Local Religion and Global Pressure
	Which Rhodes?
	The Lindian Chronicle and the Tangible Past
	Archives and Intentional History
	Cities and Tribes
	Spatium Mythicum and Spatium Historicum
	The Association Habit
	What Really Matters
	Bibliography
9 Shifting Identities and Defensive Localism: Conflicts of Religious Narratives in Post-Synoikism Rhodes
	Introduction
	'All for One and One for All': The Rhodian Synoikism and its Aftermath
	Lindian First, Rhodian Second?
	Lindian Identity and Peraian Pariahs
	Inclusivity and Exclusivity in Local Discourse
	Recasting Lindian Identity in Sacred Space
	Conclusion
	Appendix: TRI 22 (cf. IG XII 1, 761)
	Bibliography
10 Between Local and Global? Religion in Late-Hellenistic Delos
	Local Religion
	Translocal Cults
	Global Cults in Delian Local Religion
	Conclusions
	Bibliography
11 Personal or Communal? Social Horizons of Local Greek Religion
	Inheriting and 'Opting In': Ancestral Cults and New Introductions
	Private Foundations in Public Places: The Initiative of Citizens
		Xenokrateia of Athens Sets Up a Shrine of Kephisos
		Introduction of the Cult of Pan to Attica
		Failed Cult Introduction - Kleisthenes Introduces Melanippos to Sikyon
	Private Foundations in Public Places: The Initiative of Foreign Residents
		Archedamos of Thera and the Shrine at the Vari Cave
		Xenophon's Sanctuary of Artemis at Skillous
	'Local' and 'More Local': Spatial and Social Complications
	Lessons from Ethno-archaeology: A 'Local' Cult of Buried Icons on Naxos
	Concluding Thoughts
	Bibliography
12 How to Write a Local History of Imperial Greek Cults: Observations from Pausanias
	Introduction
	The Localism of Pausanias' Periegesis
	Obscured Ritual Relationships in the Architecture of the Periegesis
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
13 Panhellenic Sanctuaries: Local and Regional Perspectives
	The Polis-Centred Dimensions
	Beyond the Poleis and the Ethne: The Panhellenic Perspective
	Different, but Entangled Spheres
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Epilogue: A Tribute to Potnia of the Labyrinth
	Bibliography
Index