This introduction suggests regarding‘religion’ as a cultural product. The relationship between religion and memory can be investigated through thepractice of oath-taking, a particularly sophisticated social tool in ancient Greece. It concerns, in fact, both the status of social trust and problematic intercourses between gods and human beings, who fi nd in oath a regulated and effective space of interrelation.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Memory and religious experience in the Greco-Roman world |
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Pagine | 7-10 |
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Numero di pagine | 4 |
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Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2013 |
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Nome | Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 45 |
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