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Archaic Spartan Cults Daniels, Megan

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This category comprises the major cults that appeared around the five villages in the Archaic Period (ca. 800-480 BCE) that would later coalesce into the Spartan city-state. The major cults are: the Sanctuary of Orthia on the west bank of the Eurotas River, the Sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos ("Of the Bronze House") on the acropolis, the Sanctuary of Helen and Menelaus (the Menelaion) to the east of the Eurotas River, the Sanctuary of Apollo Hyakinthos in the southern village of Amyklai, and various "hero shrines", including one to Agamemnon and Alexandra/Cassandra.

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Title
Archaic Spartan Cults
Creator
Daniels, Megan
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2021-04-11
Description
This category comprises the major cults that appeared around the five villages in the Archaic Period (ca. 800-480 BCE) that would later coalesce into the Spartan city-state. The major cults are: the Sanctuary of Orthia on the west bank of the Eurotas River, the Sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos ("Of the Bronze House") on the acropolis, the Sanctuary of Helen and Menelaus (the Menelaion) to the east of the Eurotas River, the Sanctuary of Apollo Hyakinthos in the southern village of Amyklai, and various "hero shrines", including one to Agamemnon and Alexandra/Cassandra.
Subject
Greek Religions; Greek Polis Religions; Religious Group
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-05-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0398122
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78406
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of
Citation
Megan Daniels. (2021). Archaic Spartan Cults. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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