RT Book
T1 The cosmos in ancient Greek religious experience: sacred space, memory, and cognition
A1 Boutsikas, Efrosyni 1980-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1743254377
AB In this book, Efrosyni Boutsikas examines ancient Greek religious performances, intricately orchestrated displays comprising topography, architecture, space, cult, and myth. These various elements were unified in a way that integrated the body within cosmic space and made the sacred extraordinary. Boutsikas also explores how natural light or the night-sky may have assisted in intensifying the experience of these rituals, and how they may have determined ancient perceptions of the cosmos. The author's digital and virtual reconstructions of ancient skyscapes and religious structures during such occurrences unveil a deeper understanding of the importance of time and place in religious experience. Boutsikas shows how they shaped emotions, cosmological beliefs, and ritual memory of the participants. Her study revolutionises our understanding on ancient emotionality and cognitive experience, demonstrating how Greek religious spaces were vibrant arenas of a shared experience of the cosmos.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020)
SN 9781108769082
SN 9781108488174
SN 9781108738491
K1 Rites and ceremonies : History : To 1500 : Greece
K1 Cosmology, Ancient
K1 Astronomy : Religious aspects
K1 Astronomy, Greek
K1 Rites and ceremonies ; Greece ; History ; To 1500
K1 Astronomy ; Religious aspects
K1 Greece ; Religious life and customs
K1 Greece : Religious life and customs
DO 10.1017/9781108769082