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100 1 $aRubel, Alexander,$d1969-
245 00 $aFear and loathing in ancient Athens :$breligion and politics during the Peloponnesian war/$c2014.
246 30 $aReligion and politics during the Peloponnesian War
260 $aDurham :$bAcumen,$c2014.
300 $ax, 316 pages;$c24 cm.
520 8 $aAthens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. 'Fear and loathing in ancient athens', originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. The book explores an extraordinary range of events and topics: impiety charges and prosecutions; the horrors of the plague; the mutilation of hermai and the profanation of the mysteries; the controversy created by the adoption of new gods; the impressive architectural structures of the sculptor Phidias; the military conflicts of the Peloponnesian war; and the thoughts of the mysterious philosopher Socrates. 'Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens' will be an indispensible study for students and scholars studying Athenian religion and politics.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-302) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Impiety trials against philosophers and Sophists -- The plague, Pericles and the Peloponnesian War -- Other prosecutions for impiety -- The mutilation of the Herms and the profanation of the mysteries: religious and political implications -- Tradition and innovation: the new gods -- Building for the gods: sacred architecture during the Peloponnesian War -- The Arginusae trial -- The trial of Socrates: an overview -- Appendix I: Athenian democracy: modern views and ancient realities -- Appendix II: Tragedy and history, Euripides and religion -- Appendix III: Diocleides' false testimony (415) -- Appendix IV: On Hyperbolus' ostracism and the quorum for ostracism.
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651 0 $aAthens (Greece)$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aAthens (Greece)$xPolitics and government$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aGreece$xHistory$yPeloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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