The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus

Studies on a Thessalian Country Shrine
Approx. 278 Pages Auflage
ISBN: 978-90-04-29761-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Band 6, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 218 mm x 295 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy

Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus is the first book-length study of one of Greece’s most cited nymph sanctuaries. The volume includes a revised catalog, extensive new commentaries on the cave’s famous inscriptions, and a first-time investigation of the site’s topographical and archaeological layout. Also known as Alogopati or Karapla cave, the Pharsalian shrine holds a special place among ancient nymph caves as the only such site to feature an inscribed poetic chronicle of the shrine’s foundation and its founder, the mysterious nymph worshipper Pantalces. Based on years of fieldwork and archival research, Cave of the Nymphs challenges some commonly held views about the origin of this rock-cut ‘tale’ and offers a fresh perspective for understanding the Pharsalian cave in its proper historical context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

S Wagman, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
List of Plates, Tables, and Charts
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Other Prefatory Matters
Introduction

1 Geography and Landscape (Plates I–V, VII–X)
1 Overview of the Pharsalian Territory
2 The Pharsalian Hill Country: Anatomy of a Borderland

2 The Site (Plates VI, VIII–XXII)
1 Description
2 Interpretation
3 Conclusions

3 The Votives (Plates XXV–XXXV)
1 Discovery
2 Excavations
3 Catalog of Objects
4 Appendix: Unpublished Objects
5 Conclusions
6 Charts

4 The Inscriptions (Plates XXIII–XXIV)
1 Inscription I
2 Inscription II

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indices
Plates

Über Autor(innen)

Robert S. Wagman is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Florida. He was educated at the University of Pisa, Italy, The Johns Hopkins University, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.