Ancient supplication

This text looks at a key religious practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Besides setting forth a typology that applies to many acts of supplication in both Greek and Latin sources, it traces the links between a quasi-legal practice into features of Greek and Roman legal systems

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naiden, F. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006, 2006
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This text looks at a key religious practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Besides setting forth a typology that applies to many acts of supplication in both Greek and Latin sources, it traces the links between a quasi-legal practice into features of Greek and Roman legal systems
Physical Description:xiv, 426 p. ill., map
ISBN:9780199789399