DILLON MATTHEW

ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΤΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΑ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
Γιατί οι αρχαίοι Έλληνες ταξίδευαν μεγάλες αποστάσεις για να πάνε σε συγκεκριμένους ιερούς χώρους για να προσκυνήσουν, όταν κάθε πόλις-κράτος της Ελλάδας είχε τους δικούς της μεγάλους ναούς; Ενώ η αρχαία ελληνική θρησκεία έχει αναπτυχθεί ως θέμα από πολλούς λογίους και ειδικούς, ωστόσο δεν έχει ως τώρα δοθεί καμιά σημασία στο θρησκευτικό φαινόμενο της αθρόας προσέλευσης πιστών από όλα τα μέρη της Ελλάδας σε συγκεκριμένους ιερούς χώρους, όπως η Ελευσίνα, η Ολυμπία, η Δωδώνη, οι Δελφοί, η Επίδαυρος, τα Δίδυμα, η Έφεσος. . . Ο Μάθιου Ντίλον ε...
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(P/B) GIRLS AND WOMEN IN CLASSICAL GREEK RELIGION
It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their role in Greek religion was actually more important than that of men. Women invoked the gods' help in becoming pregnant, venerated the god of wine, worshipped new and exotic deities, used magic for both erotic and pain-relieving purposes, and far more besides. Clear and comprehensive, this vo...
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(P/B) ANCIENT GREECE
In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main historical periods and social phenomena of ancient Greece. The material is taken from a variety of sources: historians, inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama and poetry. It includes the major literary authors, but also covers a wi...
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(P/B) ANCIENT ROME - SOURCEBOOK
A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Providing a comprehensive coverage of all important documents pertaining to the Roman Republic, Ancient Rome includes: - source material on political developments in the Roman Republic (509-44 BC) - detailed chapters on social phenomena, such a...
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