Practitioners of the Divine

Greek Priests and Religious Officials from Homer to Heliodorus. Edited by Beate Dignas and Kai Trampedach. What is a Greek priest? This volume, which has its origins in a symposium at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC, focuses on the question through several lenses: the visual representation of cult personnel, priests as ritual experts, variations of priesthood, ideal concepts and their transformation, and the role of manteis. It becomes clear that Greek priests had many faces, and that the factors that determined their roles and activities are political as well as historical, religious as well as economic, idealistic as well as pragmatic, personal as well as communal. XII,285 Seiten mit 14 Abb., broschiert (Hellenic Studies/Harvard University Press 2008) textsauber, mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren

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