Details

Subject(s)

• Ephesus (Extinct city)—Religion [Browse]
• Rome—Religion [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance known as the 'Second Sophistic'.Professor Rogers shows how the civic rituals created by the foundation symbolised a contemporary social hierarchy, and how the ruling class used foundation myths - the birth of the goddess Artemis in a grove above the city - as a tangible source of power, to be wi

Notes

First published in 1991 by Routledge.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations of frequently cited articles and books; 1 The Display of Writing; 2 The Lotteries and Distributions; 3 The Procession of Statues; 4 The City Plan of Ephesos; 5 The Sacred Identity of Ephesos; Appendix I: The Greek text and the English translation; Appendix II: Analogous Foundations; Appendix III: The Foundation of Demosthenes of Oinoanda; Select modern bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 1-317-80836-3
• 0-415-74025-8
• 1-315-81570-2
• 1-317-80837-1

OCLC

• 887502992
• 897459777

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315815701

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