The Construction of Inner Religious Space in Wandering Religion of Classical Greece
In classical Greece, different kinds of itinerant purifiers are well known mainly through hostile descriptions (Plato, Demosthenes) and sometimes also through some evidence from inside (Empedocles, Orphic gold tablets). However, both perspectives coincide in showing that such wandering “priests” aim...
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Language: | English |
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2015
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Year: 2015, Volume: 62, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 596-626 |
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ancient Greek religion
sacred space
purification
wandering initiators
mystic rites
Orphism
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