Arresting Alternatives: Religious Prejudice and Bacchantic Worship in Greek Literature
Ancient Greek descriptions of ecstatic and mystic rituals, here broadly labeled as Bacchantic worship, regularly include elements of moral corruption and dissolution of social unity. Suspicions were mostly directed against unofficial cult groups that exploited Dionysiac experiences in secluded setti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Numen
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-55 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Bacchanalia
/ Religious group
/ Control
/ New religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
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ancient Greek religion
B unofficial cult groups B Religious prejudice B Bacchantic worship B religious authority B religious rivalry |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |