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| Author(s): |
Silvana Diniz
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (MAE) |
| Defense date: | 2011-07-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Beatriz Borba Florenzano;
Elaine Farias Veloso Hirata;
Vagner Carvalheiro Porto
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| Advisor: | Maria Beatriz Borba Florenzano |
| Abstract | |
The past decades have witnessed ongoing debates on the roles Greek sanctuaries exerted on the formation and development of the polis and the Greek communities in general. Sanctuary placement policies- an issue that is also related to the motivations and interests backing the location of the cult to a given deity- are also themes that have drawn the attention of several scholars. Thus we picked a group of sanctuaries dedicated to Hera (called Heraia/ sing. Heraion), so as to analise them as contextualised and embedded in their respective communities to which they belonged, within a period that goes from the VIII century up to the V century. The Heraia in question were located in Samos, Corynth (Perachora), Argos, Metaponto, Croton, Poseidonia and Selinonte. In order to carry out this research, we focused on the functions of Hera´s sanctuaries as well as on the the actuation spheres of this goddess as far as the polis are concerned. Likewise, we payed due regard for the spatial aspects of the Heraia. Finally, we proceeded to a comparison according to some criteria we selected. We made use of a broad range of documentation, especially archaeological sources, also considering the contributions the ancient texts could make. The study of the sanctuaries of Hera we conducted enabled us to notice the multiplicity of functions and roles of sanctuaries across the Greek world. Therefore, our research contributed to the understanding of the cult of a Greek deity as a historical phenomenon embedded in social practices. (AU) | |