Athletes and Oracles : The Transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the Eighth Century BC运动员和神谕：公元前八世纪奥林匹亚和德尔斐的转型

作者： Catherine Morgan 著

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出版时间： 2007-3-5字数：版次： 1页数： 324印刷时间： 2007/03/05开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780521035682包装： 平装内容简介

This is a study of the origins and practices at Olympia and Delphi which challenges many assumptions about the nature and role of the archaeological data. Dr Morgan considers the economics of dedication, technology and the organization of craft production which provide insights into the behaviour of producers and purchasers of material dedicated at the sanctuaries。

作者简介

Dr Morgan considers the economics ofdedicarion，technologyand the organisation ofcrafi production，which provide insightsinto the behaviour ofproducers and purchasers ofmaterial dedicated at sanctuaries Her snldv is exceptional for the emphasis placed upon tlle two sites in their contemporary local contexts and their changing roles in society The progression of scate formation is discussed through the relationship between changes in dedicatory practice during the eith century and the changing needs of communi ties The book concludes with the first detailed study of the wider roles of Olympia and Delphi as two major sanctuaries in Archaic Greece，considering their rdationships with other sites and their place in the Greek festival calendar．

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List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 Sanctuaries and the rise of the Greek state

2 The sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia

3 The early history of Olympia

4 Phokian settlement and the sanctuary at Delphi

5 The institution of the Delphic oracle Oracular responses from Delphi

6 Sanctuaries，the state and the individual

Appendix l Iron Age archaeological evidence from the region of Elis

Appendix 2 Archaeological evidence from Phokis

Appendix 3 The cemetery at Galaxidi

Notes

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Genera ndex

Topographical index