Exegetai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23657997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miriam Valdés Guía (0000-0002-2910-0617, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30243 |
| OpenAlex | W4242411487 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The exegetai were, in Athens, the interpreters of the “sacred laws and ancestral customs” ( patria kai hiera ), offering their advice on various matters such as purification rituals after homicides, as well as in funerary rites. These specialists are first described in detail by Plato, though the exegetic tradition of the “unwritten laws” probably originates during the Archaic period. There are three types of (known) exegetai : the pythochrestoi , the Eumolpid exegetai , and the Eupatrid exegetai .
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Interpreter · Period (music) · Political science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |