ISBN:
9780199789399
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 426 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Naiden, F. S., 1953 - Ancient supplication
DDC:
394
Keywords:
Prayer Greece
;
Petitions Greece
;
Religion and law Greece
;
Rites and ceremonies Greece
;
Prayer Rome
;
Petitions Rome
;
Religion and law Rome
;
Rites and ceremonies Rome
;
Griechenland
;
Bittgebet
;
Römisches Reich
;
Bittgebet
Abstract:
This text looks at a key religious practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Besides setting forth a typology that applies to many acts of supplication in both Greek and Latin sources, it traces the links between a quasi-legal practice into features of Greek and Roman legal systems.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183412.001.0001
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