TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,Charles
TI  - The ancient Roman afterlife: di manes, belief, and the cult of the dead 
T2  - Ashley and Peter Larkin series in Greek and Roman culture
SN  - 9781477320228
AV  - BL805 .A535 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Gods, Roman
KW  - Dead
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - Rome
KW  - Cults
KW  - Household shrines
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Intro --; Abbreviations of Ancient Authors --; Abbreviations of Journals and Modern Editions --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; A) The Afterlife: Interpretive Issues --; B) The Primacy of the Manes --; 1. Di Manes: The Godhood of the Dead --; A) Manes: A General Definition --; B) The Term Di Manes --; C) The Manes and Roman Categories of "Gods" --; 2. Di Manes: The Number of the Gods --; A) The Plural Form Manes --; B) The Worship of Individuals --; C) The Chronology of Worshipping Individua ls --; D) The Manes of Dis Manibus --; 3. Who Worshipped Whom? --; A) The Complex Legacy of Fustel de Coulanges; B) Inheritance --; 1. Scaevola's Rules --; 2. Coruncanius' Rules --; 3. The Digest --; C) Inheritance Rules and the Diversity of Worship --; D) Pietas, Affection, and Loyalty --; 1. Familial Relationships --; 2. Extensions of One's Family --; 3. The Political "Family" --; E) Contemporary Focus (and Elite Exceptions) --; F) Inclusiveness --; 4. The Manes in the Context of Roman Religion: Beliefs and Variations --; A) Variation: A Challenge to Interpretation --; B) The Debate over Defining the Word "Belief" --; C) Roman Implications of Nondogmatic Belief --; 1. Polymorphism; 2. Pietas: Collective and Individual Relationships --; 3. Orthopraxy --; D) An Interpretive Model: Belief Clusters --; 5. The Powers of the Dead --; A) Power over Life and Death --; 1. Guardians of the Living-Benefits for Individuals --; a. The Extension of Life --; born Clusters within Clusters --; 2. Guardians of the Living-Benefits for the Community --; a. The Mundus --; born The Lupercalia --; 3. Bringers of Death --; a. Instruments of Vengeance --; born Destroyers of Armies and Cities --; B) The Power to Monitor the Living --; 1. Guardians of Oaths --; 2. Voices from Beyond --; C) Protectors after Death; D) Powers and Worshippers --; 6. The Manes in the Context of the Funeral --; A) Ritual Conservatism and the Potential for Generalization --; B) The Funerary Ritual: Early Stages through the Cremation --; C) The Afterlife in the Early Stages --; D) At the Grave: Rites of Worship --; 1. Dis Manibus Sacrum: A Point of Terminology --; 2. Creating Sacred Space and Offerings to the Manes --; 3. The Liberation of the Dead --; 4. After the Sacrifices --; E) The Manes at the Funeral --; 7. Festivals, Ceremonies, and Home Shrines --; A) The Parentalia --; 1. Ovid as a Source --; 2. The Ceremony --; B) The Lemuria; 1. The Ritual Form --; 2. Belief Cluster: Manes and Lemures --; C) Personal Observances --; 1. Home Shrines --; 2. Further Offerings at the Tomb --; 3. Lifestyle and Nonritual Offerings --; D) Rituals: Conclusions --; 8. Conclusion --; Appendix 1. The Larvae --; Appendix 2. The Decline of the Lemuria --; Notes --; Bibliography --; General Index --; Index Locorum; 2; b
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