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SUMMARY:Astronomy and ancient Greek cult: new perspectives to Greek religio
 us architecture and cult practices
DESCRIPTION:Astronomy and ancient Greek cult: new perspectives to Greek rel
 igious architecture and cult practices\nDr. Efrosyni Boutsikas\n\nOne of t
 he main contributions that archaeoastronomy —assisted by rigorous me
 thodology— can bring to studies of religious practice, particularly 
 in Greece, is to reintegrate the visible landscape and sky with ancient re
 ligious ritual. This paper is an introduction to the approach we can use i
 n order to better understand the role of astronomical observations in the 
 timing of ancient Greek religious festivals and cult. The paper demonstrat
 es that, in the case of Greece, general conclusions on the predominant eas
 tern orientation of Greek temples do not help us improve our narrative abo
 ut the role of astronomy in Greek religious practice. The Greek religious 
 system was complex, being influenced by local traditions, identity and myt
 hs. Therefore, by combining archaeology, ancient history and classics we a
 re able to integrate the archaeoastronomical data in the context of specif
 ic cults and thus to better understand the religious experience of the peo
 ple who attended and participated in these cults.
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