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Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama (Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)

Hardcover • 2001 • English

Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama (Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)

By Inge Nielsen

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This well-illustrated book thoroughly investigates the relations between East and West in the Ancient world as seen through the lens of ancient religious practices. The author has concentrated on one aspect of the cult, the ritual drama, and its setting, the cultic theatre. The point of departure is the presence of a great amount of theatrical structures in the sanctuaries in Greece and Italy. Many of these structures were not proper theatres in the modern sense of the word, but rather primitive...Show more

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ISBN

9788772888798

Publisher

Aarhus University Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama (Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)

Format

Hardcover

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