Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens

by Jenifer Neils

Book Overview

While the Olympics, because of their modern revival, enjoy the greatest fame today, in ancient Greece other religious festivals were equally elaborate and impressive spectacles. The lavishly illustrated Goddess and Polis is the first work devoted to the Panathenaia, the most significant of these festivals to be held in ancient Athens. Founded in 566 B.C., this complex ritual performed for the goddess Athena vied with other Greek festivals in grandeur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691036128
• ISBN13: 9780691036120
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.