Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos
Tauric Chersonesos was one of the prominent ancient Greek centres on the north coast of the Black Sea. Founded by the Herakleians, with a small group of Delians, Chersonesos was the only Dorian city in the region. This is reflected in many events and phenomena from its history and culture; it is especially apparent in its religion, related to all aspects of the private and public lives of the population. Depending on their differing historic development, each polis obtained its own peculiar ideological situation which influenced not only public religious life, but also the religious outlook of each separate family or individual. The worship of the gods within the pantheon of the polis was a key factor in the community's consolidation, while the beliefs surrounding these deities formed a significant role in the concrete events of civic life. This comprehensive study of the cults of the gods of the Chersonesan polis, firmly based on the available sources (written, epigraphic, images of gods and their iconography on coins and in sculpture, as well as archaeological remains of cult structures), sheds new light on the religious life of this ancient Greek centre at various stages in its development.
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Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos
Tauric Chersonesos was one of the prominent ancient Greek centres on the north coast of the Black Sea. Founded by the Herakleians, with a small group of Delians, Chersonesos was the only Dorian city in the region. This is reflected in many events and phenomena from its history and culture; it is especially apparent in its religion, related to all aspects of the private and public lives of the population. Depending on their differing historic development, each polis obtained its own peculiar ideological situation which influenced not only public religious life, but also the religious outlook of each separate family or individual. The worship of the gods within the pantheon of the polis was a key factor in the community's consolidation, while the beliefs surrounding these deities formed a significant role in the concrete events of civic life. This comprehensive study of the cults of the gods of the Chersonesan polis, firmly based on the available sources (written, epigraphic, images of gods and their iconography on coins and in sculpture, as well as archaeological remains of cult structures), sheds new light on the religious life of this ancient Greek centre at various stages in its development.
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Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos

Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos

by Tetiana Shevchenko
Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos

Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos

by Tetiana Shevchenko

Overview

Tauric Chersonesos was one of the prominent ancient Greek centres on the north coast of the Black Sea. Founded by the Herakleians, with a small group of Delians, Chersonesos was the only Dorian city in the region. This is reflected in many events and phenomena from its history and culture; it is especially apparent in its religion, related to all aspects of the private and public lives of the population. Depending on their differing historic development, each polis obtained its own peculiar ideological situation which influenced not only public religious life, but also the religious outlook of each separate family or individual. The worship of the gods within the pantheon of the polis was a key factor in the community's consolidation, while the beliefs surrounding these deities formed a significant role in the concrete events of civic life. This comprehensive study of the cults of the gods of the Chersonesan polis, firmly based on the available sources (written, epigraphic, images of gods and their iconography on coins and in sculpture, as well as archaeological remains of cult structures), sheds new light on the religious life of this ancient Greek centre at various stages in its development.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781803275628
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing
Publication date: 08/17/2023
Pages: 226
Product dimensions: 8.03(w) x 11.42(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tetiana Shevchenko is Senior Researcher and Head of the Editorial and Publishing Department at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine. She is the author of a monograph, The Religious Outlook of the Inhabitants of Tauric Chersonesos (2011, in Ukrainian) and more than 60 articles, and is co-editor of three collections and an executive secretary of the journal Arheologia. She has participated in fieldwork at the main classical period sites in Ukraine: Tauric Chersonesos (2003, 2004), Tyritake (2009) and Olbia Pontica (2015), as well as directing her own archaeological project at the chora of Nymphaeum (2009). She obtained a doctorate in classical archaeology in 2009 and received the DAAD scholarship at the German Archaeological Institute in 2013.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: History of Study, Sources and Methods Chapter 2: The Supreme Gods Chapter 3: The Pantheon of Chersonesos Chapter 4: Family Cults Chapter 5: Mystery Cults Chapter 6: Burial Cults Conclusions References
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