Modern Scholarship: Religion and Society

What does Sourvinee-Inwood argue about the network of religion?

Greek religion consists of a network of religious systems interacting with each other and with the Panhellenic religious dimension

What does Zaidman say about religion and civic life?

There is an "inseparability of festivals from the very definition of Greek civic life"

What does Gibbon say about the climax of the Panathenaia?

"The climax of the festival was a great procession to escort a new robe (peplos) for Athene polias"

What does Vlassopoulos say about the Panathenaic procession?

"the procession provided opportunity for displaying a particular image of the community and its various hierarchy"

What does Chaniotis say about religious and political authority?

Religious authority lay in the hands of the state and the state alone - nearly impossible to separate religious personnel from political personnel as their jobs included both political and religious tasks"

What does Zaidman say about the impregnation of religion?

"Religion did more than just put a divine gloss on civic life. It impregnated each and every civic activity"

What does Mikalson say about state recognition of household religion?

The state… was recognising nationally the importance of these family deities

What does Inwood say about the polis?

The polis was one institutional authority that structured the universe and the divine world in a religious system

What does Hornblower say about Greek religion?

It was primarily a public religion rather than a religion of the individual