Worshipping heroes: Civic identity and the veneration of the communal dead in Archaic Sparta

Nicolette Pavlides

Worshipping heroes: Civic identity and the veneration of the communal dead in Archaic Sparta

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

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This paper examines the role of hero cult in the creation of communal identity in Archaic Sparta. Through the analysis of the archaeological evidence it treats the gradual developmentof a Spartan community identity between the 7th and 5th centuries BC. This paper argues that heroic cult both influenced and was influenced by the communal consciousness arising at this time. In particular, it contends that the area of Limnai, rich in Geometric burials, became a focus of hero cult from the 7th century onwards. The cult site on Stauffert Street offers a paradigmatic example of this phenomenon.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Conference held in Sparta on the 23rd-25th of April 2009
Editors	Helen Cavanagh, William Cavanagh, James Roy
Publisher	The University of Nottingham
Chapter	31
Pages	551-576
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Pavlides, N. (2011). Worshipping heroes: Civic identity and the veneration of the communal dead in Archaic Sparta. In H. Cavanagh, W. Cavanagh, & J. Roy (Eds.), Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese: Proceedings of the Conference held in Sparta on the 23rd-25th of April 2009 (pp. 551-576 ). The University of Nottingham. https://web.archive.org/web/20230526090005/https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/documents/honoringthedead/pavlides.pdf

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Pavlides, N 2011, Worshipping heroes: Civic identity and the veneration of the communal dead in Archaic Sparta. in H Cavanagh, W Cavanagh & J Roy (eds), Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese: Proceedings of the Conference held in Sparta on the 23rd-25th of April 2009. The University of Nottingham, pp. 551-576 . <https://web.archive.org/web/20230526090005/https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csps/documents/honoringthedead/pavlides.pdf>

Worshipping heroes: Civic identity and the veneration of the communal dead in Archaic Sparta. / Pavlides, Nicolette.
Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese: Proceedings of the Conference held in Sparta on the 23rd-25th of April 2009. ed. / Helen Cavanagh; William Cavanagh; James Roy. The University of Nottingham, 2011. p. 551-576 .

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