Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the English edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Impiety trials against philosophers and Sophists; 3. The Plague, Pericles and the Peloponnesian War; 4. Other prosecutions for impiety; 5. The mutilation of the Herms and the profanation of the Mysteries: religious and political implications; 6. Tradition and innovation: the new gods; 7. Building for the gods: sacred architecture during the Peloponnesian War; 8. The Arginusae trial; 9. The trial of Socrates: an overview
Appendix I: Athenian democracy: modern views and ancient realitiesAppendix II: Tragedy and history, Euripides and religion; Appendix III: Diocleides' false testimony (415); Appendix IV: On Hyperbolus' ostracism and the quorum for ostracism; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Athens at the time of the Peloponnesian war was the arena for a dramatic battle between politics and religion in the hearts and minds of the people. Fear and Loathing in Ancient Athens, originally published in German but now available for the first time in an expanded and revised English edition, sheds new light on this dramatic period of history and offers a new approach to the study of Greek religion. The book explores an extraordinary range of events and topics, and will be an indispensable study for students and scholars studying Athenian religion and politics