Religious Landscape and Sacred Ground: Relationships between Space and Cult in the Greek World
Modern studies of “sacred ground” have been influenced by Greek authors who emphasized its economic function. However, literary sources, sacred laws and various engravings stipulate that such land was not to be leased out. Theoretically, only ordinary territory provided revenue to religious sanctuar...
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| Vydáno v: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/rhr, |
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| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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Revue de l’histoire des religions
2011
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | Modern studies of “sacred ground” have been influenced by Greek authors who emphasized its economic function. However, literary sources, sacred laws and various engravings stipulate that such land was not to be leased out. Theoretically, only ordinary territory provided revenue to religious sanctuaries, but available documents do not always make it possible to distinguish between the two types of land. Nonetheless, when sacred ground was farmed, it was no longer perceived as part of the religious landscape. Distinguishing markers were thus necessary to differentiate between sacred and common ground. |
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