Ancient Supplication
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 January 2010
- ISBN 9780195385984
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages440 pages
- Size 234x156x24 mm
- Weight 676 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Ancient Supplication is the first book-length treatment of a key religious practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Besides setting forth a typology that applies to hundreds of acts of supplication in both Greek and Latin sources, this book traces the links between an originally quasi-legal practice into features of Greek and Roman legal systems.
MoreLong description:
This is the first book-length treatment of supplication, an important social practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Despite the importance of supplication, it has received little attention, and no previous study has explored so many aspects of the practice. Naiden investigates the varied gestures made by the supplicants, the types of requests they make, the arguments used in defense of their requests, and the role of the supplicandus, who evaluates and decides whether to fulfill the requests. Varied and abundant sources invite comparison between the societies of Greece and Rome and also among literary genres. Additionally, Naiden formulates an analysis of the ritual in its legal and political contexts. In constructing this rich and thorough study, Naiden considered over 800 acts of supplication from Greek, Hebrew, and Roman literature, art, and scientific sources. 30 illustrations and a map of the relevant locations accompany the text.
...a work of ancient history, where often complex moral and legal considerations take precedence over literary analysis. The great merit of such an approach is its emphasis upon social action in a violent world of steeply asymmetrical power and rights, and it gains added point from the discussion of an incident, and grisly photographs, from the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 (292-295)....a fine account of a fascinating topic at the meeting point of religious practice, law, and moral feeling.
Table of Contents:
Spellings and Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Yes and No
Chapter 2: The First Three Steps in Supplication
Chapter 3: The Fourth and Last Step
Chapter 4: Supplication and Greek Law
Chapter 5: Supplication, Republic, and Principate
Chapter 6: Ceremony and Morals
Appendices
Bibliography
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