{"product_id":"sanctuaries-and-the-sacred-in-the-ancient-greek-world-9780521006354","title":"Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2005 book explores the variety of ancient Greek sanctuaries - their settings, spaces, shapes, and structures - and the rituals associated with them, such as festivals and processions, sacrifice and libation, dining and drinking, prayer and offering, dance, initiation, consultation, and purification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intended for students and general readers, this is a masterly survey of a big subject. There is a fascinating glimpse of the seventeenth-century Turkish traveller Evliya Chelebi, author of a 10-volume study of the Ottoman empire, who 'has much in common with our old friend Pausanias': the Parthenon was for him a multicultural monument.  Appropriately expressing its emphasis on what shrines looked like, the book is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, maps and plans; a useful glossary is included. The paperback is markedly good value.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction; 2. Setting the stage; 3. Growth and variety; 4. The siting of sanctuaries; 5. Architecture for the Gods: sacred building; 6. Activities and experiences I; 7. Activities and experiences II: offerings; 8. Sanctuary histories: Olympia; 9. Sanctuary histories: Delphi; 10. Sanctuary histories: Samos; 11. Sanctuary histories: Poseidonia; 12. Sanctuary histories: the Acropolis at Athens; 13. Greece, Rome and Byzantium; 14. The aftermath.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767557587287,"sku":"9780521006354","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sanctuaries-and-the-sacred-in-the-ancient-greek-world-9780521006354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}