Excavations at Nemea IV
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Excavations at Nemea IV

The Shrine of Opheltes

  1. 550 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Excavations at Nemea IV

The Shrine of Opheltes

About this book

The Sanctuary of Zeus at ancient Nemea has been a rich resource for archaeological investigation and analysis conducted by the University of California over the past forty years. The Sanctuary hosted one of the preeminent athletic festivals of ancient Greece, the Nemean Games. Just as the Olympics were celebrated in connection with the cult of Pelops at Olympia, the games at Nemea were founded on the worship of the hero Opheltes. The Shrine of Opheltes in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea offers one of the best examples of an ancient Greek hero cult documented in the archaeological record. This final and most significant volume in the Excavations at Nemea series presents the results of the excavation of the Shrine from 1979 through 2001 and analyzes the Shrine's features and contents in order to understand its history and use. A study of the literary and artistic evidence about the myth and cult of Opheltes contextualizes the archaeological findings and illuminates the hero's significance to the Sanctuary and its renowned festival, the Nemean Games.

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Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780520294929
eBook ISBN
9780520967878
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Greek Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Excavations at Nemea IV
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. List of Tables
  10. Selected Bibliography and Abbreviations
  11. Specialized Terminology and Abbreviations Used in the Text and Appendices
  12. Elevations, Grid References, and Measurements
  13. Introduction
  14. CHAPTER ONE The Physical Remains
  15. CHAPTER TWO The Faunal Remains from the Hero Shrine
  16. CHAPTER THREE The Myth of Opheltes and the Origin of the Nemean Games
  17. CHAPTER FOUR Representations of the Hero Opheltes in Art
  18. CHAPTER FIVE The Shrine of Opheltes in the Context of Greek Hero Cult
  19. Appendix A: Catalogue of Artifacts
  20. Appendix B: The Curse Tablets from the Hero Shrine
  21. Appendix C: Testimonia on the Myth and Cult of Opheltes and the Nemean Games
  22. Index of Subjects, Ancient People and Places, and Modern Scholars
  23. Index of Ancient Sources
  24. Index of Inventoried Finds from the Nemea Excavations Mentioned in This Volume