Since ritual is by definition unchanging, public festivals can disclose earlier stages of social organization. Robertson also shows how the festivals gave rise, by way of aetiology (explanatory tales or legends), to some persistent misconceptions about the past.
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Since ritual is by definition unchanging, public festivals can disclose earlier stages of social organization. Robertson also shows how the festivals gave rise, by way of aetiology (explanatory tales or legends), to some persistent misconceptions about the past.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 0802059880. Scholar's name to titlepage (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Else fine.; An important contribution to social history, linking the life and nature of the polis with its festivals and rituals and the legends which went with them and used for the elucidation of a state's self-identity.; Phoenix Supplementary Volume; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 287 pages.
