Rubel, Alexander
Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens

Religion and Politics during the Peloponnesian War.

Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. The book sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. It explores an extraordinary range of events and topics: impiety charges and prosecutions; the horrors of the plague; the mutilation of hermai and the profanation of the mysteries; the controversy created by the adoption of new gods; the impressive architectural structures of the sculptor Phidias; the military conflicts of the Peloponnesian war; and the thoughts of the mysterious philosopher Socrates. X,316 Seiten, gebunden (Acumen 2014) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, berieben mit leichter Randlädierung/clean text pages, minor traces of use, rubbed with slight marginal damage