Land, meat and gold: the cults of Dionysos in the Attic demes
Abstract
The present dissertation aims at putting forward a new synthesis of several aspects of Dionysiac cult in the Attic demes from the late sixth century to the early third century BCE. My focus shall be put on three crucial aspects, that is, sanctuary, sacrifice, and festival, all those which composed cultic nexus of Dionysos in the Attic demes. By combining architectural, epigraphical, literary, sculptural, and modern documentary evidence, the regional and functional diversity of Dionysos cults in the Attic demes can be reconsidered in detail. The first part is devoted to scrutinizing the distribution of Dionysos cults in the Attic demes based on the collected materials. The first chapter explores the traces of ubiquity and anonymity of Dionysos cults all over Attica with attention to the god’s place of cult. The second part attempts to fill a scholarly gap between focal points of Dionysos cults in the Attic demes, namely, sacred land divided for Dionysos, animal sacrifice dedicated to Di ...
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