"This original study examines the economic and political role of sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. It proposes a triangular relationship of city, cult, and ruler, and explores the cults as entities with independent interests and powers, different from those of the…
This study challenges the idea that sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor were fully institutionalized within the 'polis' that hosted them. It proposes a triangular relationship in which the rulers often acted as mediators between differing interests of city and cult.
"This original study examines the economic and political role of sanctuaries in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. It proposes a triangular relationship of city, cult, and ruler, and explores the cults as entities with independent interests and powers, different from those of the…
