Festivals and legends : the formation of Greek cities in the light of public ritual / Noel Robertson.

Includes bibliographies and index.

""CONTENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: ATHENS""; ""1. The Hecatombaea, the Enrolment of Citizens, and Southeast Athens""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Sources""; ""The Enrolment Ceremony""; ""Southeast Athens""; ""Thucydides on Early Athens""; ""The General Distribution of Athenian Shrines and Festivals""; ""Agrae""; ""2. The Synoecia, the Old Agora, and Attic Phratries""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Sources""; ""The Direct Evidence for the Ritual""; ""The Sacrifice on the Acropolis""; ""Zeus phratrios and Athena phratria""; ""The Old Agora""; ""Aphrodite pandēmos""

""'The Altar of Pity'""""Eirene""; ""[Aristotle] on Phratries and Trittyes""; ""The Phratries of the Classical Period""; ""Philochorus on 'the Twelve Cities'""; ""Philochorus on the Four Phylai""; ""[Aristotle] and Others on the Occupational Classes""; ""The Eupatridae""; ""The Geomori and the Demiurgi""; ""3. The Panathenaea, Northwest Athens, and the Enrolment of Citizens""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Enlargement of the Festival Program""; ""Northwest Athens""; ""The Processional Route""; ""The Leocoreium""; ""The Facilities for the Torch-race""; ""The Pannychis and the Enrolment of Young Men""

""The Armed Processioners""""4. The Oschophoria and Seafaring""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Oschophoria""; ""The Race for the Cup of Punch""; ""The 'Salaminians'""; ""The Mission to Delos""; ""The Origin of the Theseus Legend""; ""5. The Olympieia and the Cavalry""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Nature of the Cult""; ""The Origin of the Festival""; ""The Cavalry Parade""; ""The Anthippasia""; ""PART II: SPARTA""; ""6. The Gymnopaediae and the Enrolment of Citizens""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Calendar Date""; ""The Month Hecatombeus and the New Year""; ""The Performances in the Agora and in the Theatre""

""The Warlike Songs""""The Three Age Groups""; ""The Commemoration of Thyrea""; ""The Foundation Date""; ""7. Polyandrion Burial and the Fate of the Dioscuri""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Myth as Aetiology""; ""The Trophy""; ""The Burial""; ""PART III: ARGOS""; ""8. The Parparonia and the Battle of Thyrea""; ""Synopsis""; ""Herodotus on the Battle of Thyrea""; ""Other Sources on the Battle of Thyrea""; ""The 'Kenearion' Inscription""; ""Tombs at Sparta for the Dead of Thyrea""; ""The Early History of the Thyreatis""; ""Cleomenes' Attack on Argos""; ""The Festival Name and Site""

""Pausanias' Burial Site""""The 'Parparus' Inscription""; ""The Tomb of Othryades""; ""The Champion Perilaus""; ""The Monument Seen by Pausanias""; ""The Festival Aetiology""; ""Other Stories about the Battle of Thyrea""; ""9. A Festival of Cenchreae and the Battle of Hysiae""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Battle of Hysiae""; ""A Festival of Cenchreae""; ""PART IV: MESSENIA AND PHIGALEIA""; ""10. The Ithomaea and the Messenian Wars""; ""Synopsis""; ""The Festival and the 'Hundred-Slaughter' Sacrifice""; ""The Legends of Victory and Defeat""; ""Aristomenes and His Chosen Band""; ""Warfare and Hunting""

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