Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Κλασική ΑρχαιολογίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Petrakis Emmanouil
Dissertation committee:
Πάνος Βαλαβάνης, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Λυδία Παλαιοκρασσά-Κόπιτσα, Ομότιμη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Ευρυδίκη Κεφαλίδου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Ε.Κ.Π.Α.
Αλέξανδρος Μαζαράκης-Αινιάν, Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας Τμήμα Ιστορίας, Αρχαιολογίας και Κοινωνικής Ανθρωπολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας
Βασιλική Μαχαίρα, Διευθύντρια Ερευνών, Κέντρο Ερεύνης της Αρχαιότητας, Ακαδημία Αθηνών
Katja Sporn, Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Γερμανικό Αρχαιολογικό Ινστιτούτο
Άγγελος Χανιώτης, Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ιστορίας, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Original Title:
Η μάχαιρα στην αρχαία ελληνική λατρεία. Τα ευρήματα από το ιερό του Διός Παρνησσίου
Translated title:
Knives in ancient Greek cult. The finds from the sanctuary of Zeus Parnessios
Summary:
This thesis studies the use and the importance of knives in ancient Greek cult, from the Protogeometric to the Hellenistic periods on the occasion of the material from the sanctuary of Zeus Parnessios.
The dissertation consists of two volumes. Volume A is the main body of the study and includes four chapters, followed by the data synthesis. Chapter 1 concerns the literary evidence, dealing with the terminology and the uses of the knives. Chapter 2 examines the inscriptions, providing evidence for knives in 12 sanctuaries. Chapter 3 presents knives found at 128 sanctuaries, beginning with the Zeus Parnessios sanctuary, unique for the number of the discovered knives (4400 specimens), which are presented here for the first time. Chapter 4 provides the iconographic analysis of knives depicted in a cultic context. The study ends with the synthesis of the above data, suggesting the formation of a new typology and the final conclusions, concerning the function of the knives, both practical and symbolic, in Greece during historical times.
Volume B includes the visual material, following the structure the four chapters in Volume A. It is compiled of two maps indicating the sanctuaries which yielded knives and inscriptions mentioning knives, 57 ground-plans, with the knives find-spots noted, 638 drawings of knives, 136 depictions of knives in ancient Greek art, a catalogue of 206 literary texts, a catalogue of 28 inscriptions, as well as catalogues and graphs related to the typology of knives, their special features and their excavation contexts and catalogues of knife representations.
Main subject category:
Archaeology
Keywords:
ancient Greek religion, ritual, animal sacrifice, ancient Greek sanctuaries, sacrificial instruments, votives, metal objects
Number of references:
869
