Fritz Graf

Roman Festivals in the Greek East

From the Early Empire to the Middle Byzantine Era

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9781107092112
• ISBN-10: 1107092116
• Artikelnr.: 42968665

Autorenporträt

Fritz Graf is Distinguished University Professor and Director of Epigraphy at Ohio State University. He has published widely on Greek mythology, local cults in ancient Asia Minor, eschatological texts from Greek graves, and ancient magic.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Festivals in the Greek East Before Constantine: 1. Greek city festivals in the Imperial age
2. Roman festivals in Eastern cities
Part II. Roman Festivals in the Greek East After Constantine: 3. Theodosius' reform of the legal calendar
4. Contested festivals in the fourth century
5. The Lupercalia from Augustus to Constantine Porphyrogennetos
6. John Malalas and ritual aetiology
7. The Brumalia
8. Kalendae Ianuariae again, and again
9. Christian liturgy and the Imperial festival tradition
Part III. Christianity and Private Ritual: 10. Christian incubation
11. Magic in a Christian Empire
Epilogue. The persistence of festivals and the end of sacrifices.