Civic rites democracy and religion in ancient Athens

Civic rites : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / Nancy Evans.

Author/creator	Evans, Nancy, 1963-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	xvi, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Democracy--Greece --Athens --History --To 1500. Democracy--Greece --Athens --Religious aspects --History --To 1500. Religion and politics--Greece --Athens. Athens (Greece)--Politics and government. Greece--Politics and government --To 146 B.C. Athens (Greece)--Religion.

Contents	Preface -- Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates -- Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy -- Athena : religion and the democratic polis -- Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena -- Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries -- Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality -- Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation -- Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy -- Epilogue / The City after Socrates.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009042190
ISBN	9780520262027 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0520262026 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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