Research Article

On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5

Volume: 11 May 15, 2014
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On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5

Abstract

This paper focuses on the request not to look at breast-fed children attested at the beginning of the cathartic regulation from the sanctuary of Athena Lindia in Rhodes (I.Lindos II 487 = LSS 91). We highlight uniqueness of visual taboos in extant Greek sacred regulations, and suggest that the stipulation from the Lindian sanctuary of Athena may have been influenced by Egyptian purity precepts.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Andrej Petrovic *
United Kingdom

İvana Petrovic This is me
United Kingdom

Publication Date

May 15, 2014

Submission Date

January 4, 2014

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 11

APA
Petrovic, A., & Petrovic, İ. (2014). On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5. Gephyra, 11, 29-35. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194071
AMA
1.Petrovic A, Petrovic İ. On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5. GEPHYRA. 2014;11:29-35. doi:10.37095/gephyra.194071
Chicago
Petrovic, Andrej, and İvana Petrovic. 2014. “On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5”. Gephyra 11 (May): 29-35. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194071.
EndNote
Petrovic A, Petrovic İ (May 1, 2014) On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5. Gephyra 11 29–35.
IEEE
[1]A. Petrovic and İ. Petrovic, “On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5”, GEPHYRA, vol. 11, pp. 29–35, May 2014, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.194071.
ISNAD
Petrovic, Andrej - Petrovic, İvana. “On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5”. Gephyra 11 (May 1, 2014): 29-35. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.194071.
JAMA
1.Petrovic A, Petrovic İ. On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5. GEPHYRA. 2014;11:29–35.
MLA
Petrovic, Andrej, and İvana Petrovic. “On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5”. Gephyra, vol. 11, May 2014, pp. 29-35, doi:10.37095/gephyra.194071.
Vancouver
1.Andrej Petrovic, İvana Petrovic. On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5. GEPHYRA. 2014 May 1;11:29-35. doi:10.37095/gephyra.194071

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