Exploring ancient Greek religion
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Religion in the ancient Greek world
    • 1.1 Sacred places and the Greek gods
    • 1.2 The cult of Amphiaraos
  • 2 Worshipping Amphiaraos: personal religion and ‘polis’ religion
    • 2.1 The cult of Amphiaraos: orientation
    • 2.2 The cult of Amphiaraos: the god and his sanctuary
  • 3 Keeping it personal
    • 3.1 The sacred regulation of the Amphiareion
    • 3.2 The sacred regulation in context
    • 3.3 What does the sacred regulation say?
    • 3.4 ‘Seeing’ Amphiaraos
  • 4 The politics of religion
    • 4.1 The politics of Amphiaraos’ sanctuary: literary evidence
    • 4.2 The politics of Amphiaraos’ mythical tradition
    • 4.3 The chariot dismount competition
    • 4.4 Competing traditions: Athens and Oropos
    • 4.5 Picturing the dismount competitions: the visual evidence
    • 4.6 Merging traditions? Oropos, Athens and polis religion
  • Conclusion
  • Taking it further
  • Pronunciation guide
  • Tell us what you think
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary

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