Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World
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Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World

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Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World

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The analysis of the dynamic nature of rituals has become a heuristic tool for the investigation not only of religious behaviour and beliefs, but also for the study of social practice and communication in ancient and modern societies. From public assembly gatherings and funerals to celebration of cult feasts or the honouring of individuals, rituals mark socially important occasions, define beginnings and endings, and aid social transitions. Thus, rituals carry all kinds of messages intended to support and express the performance of those involved, and to create the desired results. The present volume brings together a collection of articles on rituals in the Graeco-Roman world, focussing on the interconnection between ritual as a means of communication and communication as a ritual phenomenon. In regarding rituals as an interface in the realm of cultural practices, the contributors demonstrate the manifold function of ritual communication in the life of ancient communities.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Bibliographic informations
  3. First pages
  4. Table of contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Ritual between Ethology and Post-modern Aspects: Philological-historical Notes
  7. Moving Events Dance at Public Events in the Ancient Greek World Thinking through its Implications
  8. Greek Sanctuaries as Places of Communication through Rituals: An Archaeological Perspective
  9. Ritual Dynamics in Pausanias: The Laphria
  10. Normative interventions in Greek rituals: Strategies for justification and legitimation
  11. “Look who is talking now!”: Speaker and Communication in Greek Metrical Sacred Regulations
  12. “Now let Earth be my witness and the broad heaven above, and the down flowing water of the Styx…” (Homer, Mas XV, 36-37): Greek oath-rituals
  13. Rituals between Norms and Emotions: Rituals as Shared Experience and Memory
  14. The Funeral of Philopoimen in the Historiographical Tradition
  15. Ritual Criticism and Consolation
  16. Ritual Change during the Reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes
  17. Ritual Traditions in the Discourse of the Imperial Period
  18. The Magistrate and the Ocean: Acclamations and Ritualised Communication in Town Gatherings in Roman Egypt
  19. Ritual Dynamics: The Contribution of Analogy, Simile and Free Association
  20. Indexes