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Honouring the Family Dead on the Parentalia

Ceremony, Spectacle, and Memory

Bibliographic Data

ID3937257
AuthorsFanny Dolansky (corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume65
Issue1-2
Pages125-157
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhoenix (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/phx.2011.0017
OpenAlexW4205389109
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This paper analyzes literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence for the Parentalia to reveal the significance of these rites in honour of deceased kin. It demonstrates that the festival was widely observed by different social strata and posits a combination of duty and devotion as motivating factors behind its longevity

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Ceremony · Duty · Ethnology · Genealogy · Honour · Longevity · Political science · Social life · Spectacle · Theology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Gerontology

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year0.64
Citation span2012 - 2023 (12)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9

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