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Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA), written by Antoine Hermary and Bertrand Jaeger

Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA), written by Antoine Hermary and Bertrand Jaeger Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011–2014. isbn: 9781606060735, 9781606060742, 9781606061022, 9781606063286.Vol. vi: Stages and Circumstances of Life; Work, Hunting, Travel; Addendum to Vol II. Music. 704 pp, 464 b/w illustrations, 50 line drawings.Vol. vii: Festivals and Contests. xvii + 317 pp, 126 plates, 52 line drawings.Vol. viii: Private Space and Public Space; Polarities in Religious Life; Religious Interrelations between the Classical World and Neighboring Civilizations; Addendum to Vol. VI Death and Burial; Supplementum Animals and Plants. xvii + 557 pp, 72 plates, 52 line drawings].Index Volume. xix + 411 pp. (hbk.)On a previous occasion, I had the privilege of being invited to review in the present journal volumes i–v of the series Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (Auffarth 2008: 101–104). In the meantime, just a few years later, the second installment was published, which is the subject of this review. It is indeed an ambitious project, dedicated to systematically presenting all archaeological and literary sources of rituals and cult in Greco-Roman (and Etruscan) antiquity and their interpretations in precise differentiation, while refraining from attempting to achieve the comprehensiveness of monographs and full catalogues (“not exhaustiveness but representativeness” (vol. vi, p. xi). In http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA), written by Antoine Hermary and Bertrand Jaeger

Auffarth, Christoph
Numen , Volume 64 (1): 4 – Jan 12, 2017
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Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011–2014. isbn: 9781606060735, 9781606060742, 9781606061022, 9781606063286.Vol. vi: Stages and Circumstances of Life; Work, Hunting, Travel; Addendum to Vol II. Music. 704 pp, 464 b/w illustrations, 50 line drawings.Vol. vii: Festivals and Contests. xvii + 317 pp, 126 plates, 52 line drawings.Vol. viii: Private Space and Public Space; Polarities in Religious Life; Religious Interrelations between the Classical World and Neighboring Civilizations; Addendum to Vol. VI Death and Burial; Supplementum Animals and Plants. xvii + 557 pp, 72 plates, 52 line drawings].Index Volume. xix + 411 pp. (hbk.)On a previous occasion, I had the privilege of being invited to review in the present journal volumes i–v of the series Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (Auffarth 2008: 101–104). In the meantime, just a few years later, the second installment was published, which is the subject of this review. It is indeed an ambitious project, dedicated to systematically presenting all archaeological and literary sources of rituals and cult in Greco-Roman (and Etruscan) antiquity and their interpretations in precise differentiation, while refraining from attempting to achieve the comprehensiveness of monographs and full catalogues (“not exhaustiveness but representativeness” (vol. vi, p. xi). In

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