The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon marshals evidence 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.
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Wisconsin Studies in Classics Richard Daniel De Puma and Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, General Editors
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