Civic rites : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / Nancy Evans.

Author/creator Evans, Nancy, 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Introduction / The City of Pericles and Socrates -- Cleisthenes : the family curse behind Athenian democracy -- Athena : religion and the democratic polis -- Pericles : empire and war in the city of Athena -- Demeter : civic worship, women's rites, and the Eleusinian mysteries -- Alcibiades : politics, religion, and the cult of personality -- Dionysus : civic rituals of wine, theater, and transformation -- Socrates : impiety trials in the restored democracy -- Epilogue / The City after Socrates.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009042190
ISBN9780520262027 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520262026 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper)