The sanctuary dedicated to Diana at Aricia flourished from the Bronze age to the second century CE. From its archaic beginnings in the wooded crater beside the lake known as the 'mirror of Dianea' it grew into a grand Hellenistic-style complex that attracted crowds of pilgrims and the sick. Diana was also believed to confer power on leaders. This 2007 book examines the history of Diana's cult and healing sanctuary, which remained a significant and wealthy religious center for more than a thousand years. It sheds light on Diana herself, on the use of rational as well as ritual healing in the sanctuary, on the subtle distinctions between Latin religious sensibility and the more austere Roman practice, and on the interpenetration of cult and politics in Latin and Roman history.

This 2007 book examines the history of Diana's cult and healing sanctuary.

About the Author
Carin Green is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Iowa. A scholar of Roman religion, she has contributed to the American Journal of Philology, Arion, Classical Antiquity, Classical Philology, Latomus, and Phoenix.

Reviews
Review of the hardback: '... gives a vivid picture of the sacred topography of Aricia ...' BMCR
Review of the hardback: 'Green's is a magisterial study of all surviving evidence, well worth reading not only for scholars of religion, but for anyone with an interest in Roman cultural history. Her thorough coverage implicitly situates this rich material of myth and ritual in an anthropological perspective ...' International Journal of the Classical Tradition



Book Information
ISBN 9780521851589
Author C. M. C. Green
Format Hardback
Page Count 348
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 660g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 159mm * 26mm