Religion in the Athenian Democracy

Public and Private in Ancient Mediterranean Law and Religion

“…see Purvis 2003 andEidinow 2014.  Criticismsofpolis religion have regularlybeen made: for aselection, see Aleshire1994, Cole 1995, Burkert 1995, Woolf 1997, Jameson 1997, Bendlin 2000,Hansen and Nielsen 2004,Bremmer 2010,K indt2 012.…”

Polis Religion – A Critical Appreciation

“…During the Archaic and Classical periods, Greece was a conglomerate of largely autonomous city states with no overall political or administrative 2 While many works in the field are implicitly based on a characterisation of Greek religion as polis religion, the strengths and weaknesses of this model are rarely discussed. Exceptions (which will be discussed below) are the contributions of COLE (1994), BURKERT (1995), JAMESON (1997). In the field of Roman religion, however, the debate concerning the implications and the applicability of the polis model is much more advanced: see WOOLF (1997), BENDLIN (2000), p. 115 135, RÜPKE (2004), SCHEID (2005), p. 125 128.…”

“…72 A good example of how diachronic change could fit into the religious landscape of Greece is characteristic of the work of another eminent scholar of Greek religion -Michael Jameson. He sketches a subtle and multi facetted framework of religious innovation, thus giving a balanced account of continuity and change in Athenian religious practice during the transition from the Archaic to the Classical period (see for example JAMESON [1997] . 73 See for example JAMESON (1997), who focuses mainly on ritual and leaves out religious beliefs almost entirely.…”

“…He sketches a subtle and multi facetted framework of religious innovation, thus giving a balanced account of continuity and change in Athenian religious practice during the transition from the Archaic to the Classical period (see for example JAMESON [1997] . 73 See for example JAMESON (1997), who focuses mainly on ritual and leaves out religious beliefs almost entirely. Thanks again to Jan Bremmer for pointing this out to me.…”

“…BREMMER (1994), p. 2. On the religion of the demes and other subunits of the polis see in detailJAMESON (1997).16 On the economic side of oracle consultations seeROSENBERGER (1999).…”