Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece
Antonaccio, Calra M.
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Hardback
240 pages
Published: 1994
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN / EAN: 0847679411
Reconsiders the origins of the Ancient Greeks' ideas and practices concerning their own past. This study demonstrates that hero cult and ancestor cult persisted throughout the Iron Age. Practices such as visiting tombs to make offerings were common.