Book contents
- The Mediterranean in Antiquity
- Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- The Mediterranean in Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Revisiting the Mediterranean and Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- 2 Emergent Social Complexity in the Later Prehistory of the Mediterranean
- 3 Deserts and the Mediterranean
- 4 Egypt
- 5 Greek Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective
- 6 Roman Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective
- 7 Europa and the Mediterranean
- 8 Paul’s Alternative Mediterranean
- 9 Looking Back
- Index
- References
5 - Greek Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective
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Book contents
- The Mediterranean in Antiquity
- Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- The Mediterranean in Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Revisiting the Mediterranean and Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity
- 2 Emergent Social Complexity in the Later Prehistory of the Mediterranean
- 3 Deserts and the Mediterranean
- 4 Egypt
- 5 Greek Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective
- 6 Roman Religion in a Mediterranean Perspective
- 7 Europa and the Mediterranean
- 8 Paul’s Alternative Mediterranean
- 9 Looking Back
- Index
- References
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Abstract: By adopting a Mediterranean perspective in the study of Greek religion, we observe both shared nomoi and a wide diversity of practices. They imply a whole set of ‘ingredients’, such as names, objects, settings, and mainly relationships. According to places (such as Delos or Massalia) and times (Archaic colonization or Hellenistic networks), opportunistic strategies emerge on different scales from local to global. A Mediterranean approach makes us more sensitive to the dialectical relations between social forces, durable structures, and changing environments.
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