Professor Philip Holt (University of Wyoming): "What is a Hero Cult? Definitions and Borderlines."
Monday, November 12th at 5:00p.m.
HUMN 135
Professor Philip Holt (University of Wyoming) will give a talk entitled "What is a Hero Cult? Definitions and Borderlines." Greek hero cult is an extension, magnified, of the tendance or cult of ordinary dead. Can we distinguish between the two, and how can we tell whether what we are looking at is a hero cult or not? This talk will examine the question, setting out some criteria and testing them against some borderline cases of actual cults.
A reception will follow in HUMN 350.
HUMN 135
Professor Philip Holt (University of Wyoming) will give a talk entitled "What is a Hero Cult? Definitions and Borderlines." Greek hero cult is an extension, magnified, of the tendance or cult of ordinary dead. Can we distinguish between the two, and how can we tell whether what we are looking at is a hero cult or not? This talk will examine the question, setting out some criteria and testing them against some borderline cases of actual cults.
A reception will follow in HUMN 350.
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