Сакрална инфраструктура в Пангейския регион 6–5 в.пр.Хр.
Sacral Infrastructure in the Pangaion Region in the 6th–5th Century BC
Author(s): Vanya Lozanova-StanchevaSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Ancient World, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Sacral infrastructure; the concepts of sacred, sacral communication; Pangaion Mountain; Southwestern Thrace
Summary/Abstract: The paper offers an analysis of the ancient written sources about the ethno-political and religious-political situation in Southwestern Thrace – between the lower course of the rivers Strymon and Nestos, and especially in the region of the Pangaion Mountain (Pınar Dağ or Kushnitsa) in the 5th century BC in the context of two sets of events: - Graeco-Persian wars and the march of the Persian army of Xerxes through the Thracian territories; - Athens’ early colonisation efforts in Southwestern Thrace. The concepts of sacred, sacred infrastructure and sacral communication are defined. An attempt has been made to reconstruct the possible sacral infrastructure of the region based on a system of sacred topoi and rituals registered by the ancient authors and specific forms of sacral communication among the local Thracian tribes, dominated by the Edonoi.
Journal: Thracia
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 137-163
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Bulgarian
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