Gifts to the Gods: Aparchai, Dekatai and related offerings in Archaic and Classical Greece

This study is about one of the most ubiquitous and yet little studied aspects of ancient Greek religion, the offering of so-called ‘first-fruits’ (aparchai) and tithes (dekatai) in Archaic and Classical Greece (c.700-300 B.C.). A widespread and traditional custom all over Greece and the Greek Medite...

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Main Author: Jim, S
Other Authors: Parker, R
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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