The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshalling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults.

About the Author
Erika Simon is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Wurzburg.

Reviews
"[One] cannot finish the book without feeling that he has seen real people caught in the act of veneration." - David E. Roessel, Archaeological News



Book Information
ISBN 9780299091842
Author Erika Simon
Format Paperback
Page Count 180
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 280g