The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience - Efrosyni Boutsikas

The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience

Sacred Space, Memory, and Cognition
Buch | Hardcover
278 Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48817-4 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
A nuanced study for students and researchers of ancient Greek religion and archaeology. It reveals the importance of cosmological tenets in the performance of ritual and the importance of their location and time for religious education. Also of interest to historians of science, as it explains how astronomy permeated ancient daily life.
In this book, Efrosyni Boutsikas examines ancient Greek religious performances, intricately orchestrated displays comprising topography, architecture, space, cult, and myth. These various elements were unified in a way that integrated the body within cosmic space and made the sacred extraordinary. Boutsikas also explores how natural light or the night-sky may have assisted in intensifying the experience of these rituals, and how they may have determined ancient perceptions of the cosmos. The author's digital and virtual reconstructions of ancient skyscapes and religious structures during such occurrences unveil a deeper understanding of the importance of time and place in religious experience. Boutsikas shows how they shaped emotions, cosmological beliefs, and ritual memory of the participants. Her study revolutionises our understanding on ancient emotionality and cognitive experience, demonstrating how Greek religious spaces were vibrant arenas of a shared experience of the cosmos.

Efrosyni Boutsikas is Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Kent.

1. Introduction; 2. Methodological Advances, Approaches, and Considerations; 3. Worship in Space and Time; 4. Astronomy and Perceptual Cognition in Apolline Cults; 5. The Cosmos in Manifestations of Identity, Memory, and Remembrance; 6. Cosmic Time in Greek Mystery Cults; 7. Epilogue.

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Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 180 x 259 mm
Gewicht 770 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10 1-108-48817-X / 110848817X
ISBN-13 978-1-108-48817-4 / 9781108488174
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