Abstract
Festivals create communities. Today we might associate them with subaltern groups or alternative lifestyles, but in the ancient world they were the main channels of social and political integration, and interurban diplomacy. Through their networks of cities, festivals transmitted like-mindedness across the Mediterranean and beyond. Cities typically had special places reserved in their topographies for these transregional events, ritual spaces that were shaped to foster this cooperative and cosmopolitan mentality.
| Translated title of the contribution | Festival networks, ritual spaces, and urban ideals in the Hellenistic world |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 12-17 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Antike Welt |
| Volume | 2023 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Greek religion
- Asia Minor
- Greek festivals
- Greek theaters
- Ancient Greece
- Festival networks
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Festival sites and place-making (Connecting the Greeks)
Williamson, C. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic