Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece provides a detailed analysis of pilgrimage, which is comprehensive and accessible to both the specialist and those interested in the Ancient Greek world.This volume explores the religious motivations for pilgrimage and reveals the main preoccupations of worshippers in Ancient Greece.Dillon examines the main sanctuaries of Delphi, Epidauros and Olympia, as well as the less well-known oracle of Didyma in Asia Minor and the festivals at the Isthmus of Corinth. He discusses the modes of travel to the sites, means of communication between pilgrims and the religious and ritual practices at the sanctuaries themselves.A unique insight into pilgrimage in Ancient Greece is presented, focusing on the diverse aspects of pilgrimage; the role of women and children, the religious festivals of particular ethnic groups and the colourful celebrations involving music, athletics and equestrian events. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece is an accessible and fascinating volume, which reveals how the concept of pilgrimage contributes to Greek religion as a whole.
Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean brings together diverse scholarship to explore the socioeconomic dynamics of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage from archaic Greece to Late Antiquity, the Greek mainland to Egypt and the ...
This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence.
The delegates are usually called theōroi, literally 'observers', and a delegation made up of theōroi, or the action of taking part in one, is called theōriā. This is the first comprehensive study of theōroi and theōriā.
This book investigates religious rituals and gender in modern and ancient Greece, with a specific focus on women’s role in connection with healing.
This volume sheds new light on the significance and meaning of material culture for the study of pilgrimage in the ancient world, focusing in particular on Classical and Hellenistic Greece, the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity.
On leaving the army , Burton devised a project that would involve the penetration of Mecca , the ' forbidden city ' of the Muslims . He also received funds from ... ( Quoted in G. S. Burne , Richard F. Burton , Boston , 1985 , p . 37. ) ...
The first comprehensive study of the roi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries."
... eloquent gestures of the performers, even though the accompanying Latin songs were incomprehensible to him. When Nero asked what parting gift the king would like, he requested to be given the lead pantomime dancer, declaring: “I have ...
Annotation A study of the response (political and theological) of early Christian intellectuals to the widespread practice of pilgrimage to holy places in Palestine.
... pilgrimage goal since at least the twelfth century , when an Irish knight named Owein had a vision in which he was ... Barefoot pilgrims around the crucifix on a pilgrimage to Lough Derg , circa 1970 ( Hulton / Archive by Getty Images ) ...