Steinhauer, Julietta;
(2023)
Between Local and Global? Religion in Late-Hellenistic Delos.
In: Beck, H and Kindt, J, (eds.)
The Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion.
(pp. 290-311).
Cambridge University Press
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Abstract
This chapter traces the translocal dynamics in the exercise of religion on the Greek island of Delos, one of the eminent hot-spots of global connectivity in the Hellenistic world. Stainhauer argues that the local population, among many foreigners and immigrants, shaped their lived environment through various processes of cultural brokerage: by developing genuinely local cults such as that of Apollo, Zeus, and Athena Kynthios; by introducing new cults, sometimes upon the initiative of individuals or associations from away; and third, by locally appropriating global cults, for instance that of Isis and Serapis. Combining these dimensions, the people on Delos crafted a religious pluriverse that was moulded and tied to the local specificities of their island.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Between Local and Global? Religion in Late-Hellenistic Delos |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-009-30184-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009301862 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009301862 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Translocal dynamics, Delos, Athena Kynthios, Isis, Serapis, cultural transmission, global religion |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191967 |
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