The Ancient Greek Pharmakos Rituals: A Study in Mistrust
This article examines the role of mistrust – especially in constructions of purity, impurity, and purification – in ancient Greek religion. It begins by examining so-called scapegoat or pharmakos rituals, in which an individual was expelled from the city, apparently as a purificatory offering to the...
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2022
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Year: 2022, Volume: 69, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 489-516 |
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Greece (Antiquity)
/ Ritual
/ Victim (Religion)
/ Scapegoat
/ Suspicion
/ Insecurity
/ Purification ritual
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions TB Antiquity |
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mistrust
B Impurity B Purity B spiritual insecurity B Trust B scapegoat rituals |
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