Economy of the sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
Dignas, BeateAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
This study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the 'polis' that hosted them. It proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the 'polis' that hosted them. It proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Religion and politics
Economics
Temples, Greek
Temples, Roman
European Religions - pre-Christian
Religion
Philosophy & Religion