Civic rites : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / Nancy Evans.
| Author/creator | Evans, Nancy, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010. |
| Description | xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009042190 |
| ISBN | 9780520262027 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520262026 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520262034 (pbk. : alk. paper) |