Gunnel Ekroth
Biographic Data
| ID | 1447258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunnel Ekroth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunnel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ekroth |
| SIGNATURE | EKROTH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3179-941X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nicolette A. Pavlides, The Hero Cults of Sparta. Local Religion in a Greek City
Rings, Pits, Bone and Ash: Greek Altars in Context
Greek altars have received ample attention in scholarship as to their appearance, construction, and location within a sanctuary, as well as their importance as the central feature for the rituals allowing communication with the gods. The immediate surroundings of altars have not been considered to the same degree. This paper explores the context of Greek altars and some of the features located here, for example, rings for fastening animals, stone…
Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’inté…
Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’intérieur d’édifices was published in Around the Hearth on page 12
École de Paris. Praising or Debasing an Approach to the Study of Greek Sacrifice
The denomination “school” in academic contexts carries with it a certain ambiguity. It can evoke a stimulating and innovative environment with a positive synergy between its members, but also a self-sufficient and almost complacent academic setting mainly concerned with preserving its own worldview. From this starting point, my contribution will reflect on the impact of the École de Paris within the field of Anglophone research on Greek religion …
Why Does Zeus Care about Burnt Thighbones from Sheep? Defining the Divine and Structuring the World through Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition explores how the theme of visiting the Underworld and returning alive has been treated, transmitted and transformed in the ancient Greek and Byzantine traditions. The journey was usually a descent (katabasis) into a dark and dull place, where forgetfulness and punishment reigned, but since ‘everyone’ was there, it was also a place that offered opportunities to meet people and socialize. F…
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Castration, cult and agriculture: Perspectives on Greek animal sacrifice
The castration of most male animals seems to have been the rule in ancient Greece when rearing cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs; only very few adult males are needed for breeding purposes and flocks of bulls, rams, billy-goats and boars are difficult to keep, since they are too aggressive. Castrated males yield more and fattier meat, and, in the case of sheep, more wool. Still, sacred laws and sacrificial calendars stipulate the sacrifice of uncast…
Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity
"The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life encompasses all aspects of animals in the ancient world, with authoritative chapters on 33 topics by the leading scholars in their fields. It provides an introduction to and a survey of each topic and also gives guidance on further reading for those who would like to study the area in more depth. Both the realities of animals and more theoretical aspects are covered, beginning with ‘Ae…
Hero cult
Heroes were persons who had lived and died and who received some kind of religious attention locally after their death by a group outside the immediate family. Hero cult is a Greek phenomenon, although there are cases of Roman figures described in similar terms.
Holocaust
From Greek holos , “entire,” and kaustos , “burnt.” Sacrifice at which the offerings are totally destroyed by fire, usually accomplished with animal victims, but also with cakes, grain, and vegetative materials.
Pelops Joins the Party
This chapter explores, within the festival of Zeus at Olympia, the role and function of the hero Pelops in a diachronic perspective, using archaeology to throw light on the written sources. The changes in the cult of Pelops, both in form and function, can be connected with the developments of the sanctuary, the festival and the games, but also with the role of heroes within Greek religion. Thus Pelops, being the principal hero of the festival in …
Libations, Greek
A libation is a ritual outpouring of liquids. Libations were part of all sacrifices but could also be performed as independent rituals. The common terms for the rituals are spondai and choai . The former term is most frequent and referred to a controlled outpouring of a small amount of liquid for the Olympian gods by the help of a jug and a phiale. Choai were poured out entirely and were used for libations to the gods of the underworld, the heroe…
Theseus and the Stone the Iconographic and Ritual Contexts of a Greek Votive Relief in the Louvre
Theseus and the stone. : The iconographic and ritual contexts of a Greek votive relief in the Louvre
The importance of sacrifice: New Approaches to Old Methods
rendu critique by
Greek terms
The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period
This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods. The analysis of the epigraphical and literary evidence for sacrifices to heroes in these periods shows, contrary to the traditional notion, that the main ritual in hero-cults was a thysia at which the worshippers consumed the meat from the animal victim. A particular handling of the animal’s blood or a holocaust, rituals prev…
Héros et héroïnes dans les mythes et les cultes grecs: Actes du colloque organisé à l’Université de Valladolid, du 26 au 29 mai 1999
La catégorie héroïque est une originalité grecque : d’autres systèmes religieux de la Méditerranée antique ne proposaient guère de notion équivalente. Mais qu’est-ce qui fait le héros grec ? La réponse est multiforme tant la question est complexe. Mais ne serait-ce pas, déclinée en des variations multiples dont cet ouvrage se veut l’écho, une des manières dont les humains mortels ont cherché à atténuer une transcendance divine trop vertigineuse ?…
Greece and the Aegean in Swedish Archaeology 1986-1990
This paper constitutes a survey of Swedish scholarship during the period 1986-90 dealing with Greece and the Aegean area from the archaeological viewpoint. A large portion of the work done concerns the Aegean Bronze Age, e.g. aspects of the Minoan palaces, various kinds of pottery, different types of cult, and funerary practices. Scholarship focussed on the Greek Iron Age also shows an inclination towards religious topics, such as the deposition …
Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity
"The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life encompasses all aspects of animals in the ancient world, with authoritative chapters on 33 topics by the leading scholars in their fields. It provides an introduction to and a survey of each topic and also gives guidance on further reading for those who would like to study the area in more depth. Both the realities of animals and more theoretical aspects are covered, beginning with ‘Ae…
The importance of sacrifice: New Approaches to Old Methods
rendu critique by
Castration, cult and agriculture: Perspectives on Greek animal sacrifice
The castration of most male animals seems to have been the rule in ancient Greece when rearing cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs; only very few adult males are needed for breeding purposes and flocks of bulls, rams, billy-goats and boars are difficult to keep, since they are too aggressive. Castrated males yield more and fattier meat, and, in the case of sheep, more wool. Still, sacred laws and sacrificial calendars stipulate the sacrifice of uncast…
Why Does Zeus Care about Burnt Thighbones from Sheep? Defining the Divine and Structuring the World through Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition explores how the theme of visiting the Underworld and returning alive has been treated, transmitted and transformed in the ancient Greek and Byzantine traditions. The journey was usually a descent (katabasis) into a dark and dull place, where forgetfulness and punishment reigned, but since ‘everyone’ was there, it was also a place that offered opportunities to meet people and socialize. F…
Libations, Greek
A libation is a ritual outpouring of liquids. Libations were part of all sacrifices but could also be performed as independent rituals. The common terms for the rituals are spondai and choai . The former term is most frequent and referred to a controlled outpouring of a small amount of liquid for the Olympian gods by the help of a jug and a phiale. Choai were poured out entirely and were used for libations to the gods of the underworld, the heroe…
Greece and the Aegean in Swedish Archaeology 1986-1990
This paper constitutes a survey of Swedish scholarship during the period 1986-90 dealing with Greece and the Aegean area from the archaeological viewpoint. A large portion of the work done concerns the Aegean Bronze Age, e.g. aspects of the Minoan palaces, various kinds of pottery, different types of cult, and funerary practices. Scholarship focussed on the Greek Iron Age also shows an inclination towards religious topics, such as the deposition …
Héros et héroïnes dans les mythes et les cultes grecs: Actes du colloque organisé à l’Université de Valladolid, du 26 au 29 mai 1999
La catégorie héroïque est une originalité grecque : d’autres systèmes religieux de la Méditerranée antique ne proposaient guère de notion équivalente. Mais qu’est-ce qui fait le héros grec ? La réponse est multiforme tant la question est complexe. Mais ne serait-ce pas, déclinée en des variations multiples dont cet ouvrage se veut l’écho, une des manières dont les humains mortels ont cherché à atténuer une transcendance divine trop vertigineuse ?…
Greek terms
The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period
This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods. The analysis of the epigraphical and literary evidence for sacrifices to heroes in these periods shows, contrary to the traditional notion, that the main ritual in hero-cults was a thysia at which the worshippers consumed the meat from the animal victim. A particular handling of the animal’s blood or a holocaust, rituals prev…
The importance of sacrifice: New Approaches to Old Methods
rendu critique by
Theseus and the Stone the Iconographic and Ritual Contexts of a Greek Votive Relief in the Louvre
Theseus and the stone. : The iconographic and ritual contexts of a Greek votive relief in the Louvre
Hero cult
Heroes were persons who had lived and died and who received some kind of religious attention locally after their death by a group outside the immediate family. Hero cult is a Greek phenomenon, although there are cases of Roman figures described in similar terms.
Holocaust
From Greek holos , “entire,” and kaustos , “burnt.” Sacrifice at which the offerings are totally destroyed by fire, usually accomplished with animal victims, but also with cakes, grain, and vegetative materials.
Pelops Joins the Party
This chapter explores, within the festival of Zeus at Olympia, the role and function of the hero Pelops in a diachronic perspective, using archaeology to throw light on the written sources. The changes in the cult of Pelops, both in form and function, can be connected with the developments of the sanctuary, the festival and the games, but also with the role of heroes within Greek religion. Thus Pelops, being the principal hero of the festival in …
Libations, Greek
A libation is a ritual outpouring of liquids. Libations were part of all sacrifices but could also be performed as independent rituals. The common terms for the rituals are spondai and choai . The former term is most frequent and referred to a controlled outpouring of a small amount of liquid for the Olympian gods by the help of a jug and a phiale. Choai were poured out entirely and were used for libations to the gods of the underworld, the heroe…
Castration, cult and agriculture: Perspectives on Greek animal sacrifice
The castration of most male animals seems to have been the rule in ancient Greece when rearing cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs; only very few adult males are needed for breeding purposes and flocks of bulls, rams, billy-goats and boars are difficult to keep, since they are too aggressive. Castrated males yield more and fattier meat, and, in the case of sheep, more wool. Still, sacred laws and sacrificial calendars stipulate the sacrifice of uncast…
Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity
"The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life encompasses all aspects of animals in the ancient world, with authoritative chapters on 33 topics by the leading scholars in their fields. It provides an introduction to and a survey of each topic and also gives guidance on further reading for those who would like to study the area in more depth. Both the realities of animals and more theoretical aspects are covered, beginning with ‘Ae…
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition explores how the theme of visiting the Underworld and returning alive has been treated, transmitted and transformed in the ancient Greek and Byzantine traditions. The journey was usually a descent (katabasis) into a dark and dull place, where forgetfulness and punishment reigned, but since ‘everyone’ was there, it was also a place that offered opportunities to meet people and socialize. F…
Why Does Zeus Care about Burnt Thighbones from Sheep? Defining the Divine and Structuring the World through Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece
École de Paris. Praising or Debasing an Approach to the Study of Greek Sacrifice
The denomination “school” in academic contexts carries with it a certain ambiguity. It can evoke a stimulating and innovative environment with a positive synergy between its members, but also a self-sufficient and almost complacent academic setting mainly concerned with preserving its own worldview. From this starting point, my contribution will reflect on the impact of the École de Paris within the field of Anglophone research on Greek religion …
Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’inté…
Behind closed doors? Greek sacrificial rituals performed inside buildings in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic period / Derrière des portes fermées ? Les rituels sacrificiels grecs perpétrés à l’intérieur d’édifices was published in Around the Hearth on page 12
Rings, Pits, Bone and Ash: Greek Altars in Context
Greek altars have received ample attention in scholarship as to their appearance, construction, and location within a sanctuary, as well as their importance as the central feature for the rituals allowing communication with the gods. The immediate surroundings of altars have not been considered to the same degree. This paper explores the context of Greek altars and some of the features located here, for example, rings for fastening animals, stone…
Nicolette A. Pavlides, The Hero Cults of Sparta. Local Religion in a Greek City
Art (15 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (15 works) · History (15 works) · Ancient history (12 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (10 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Literature (7 works) · Sacrifice (7 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (6 works) · History (6 works)