The Religio-Social Message of the Gold Tablets from Pyrgi
Author
Summary, in English
The gold tablets from Pyrgi, studied many times for linguistic and
philological reasons, constitute a clear example of religio-social
ideology at work. They deploy their themes (the goddess, the ruler,
the sanctuary) in a way that helps create the symbolical universe of
the readers, in whose world it is inscribed that these things are part
of a greater, orderly whole. The texts are here analysed from the
points of view of ideology, power and religious tendency, as parts
of the system of religious symbolism that they seek to legitimize.
Rhetorical points are also touched upon, as well as the fundamental
question of the implied readership of the texts.
philological reasons, constitute a clear example of religio-social
ideology at work. They deploy their themes (the goddess, the ruler,
the sanctuary) in a way that helps create the symbolical universe of
the readers, in whose world it is inscribed that these things are part
of a greater, orderly whole. The texts are here analysed from the
points of view of ideology, power and religious tendency, as parts
of the system of religious symbolism that they seek to legitimize.
Rhetorical points are also touched upon, as well as the fundamental
question of the implied readership of the texts.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
79-84
Publication/Series
Opuscula
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome
Topic
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Keywords
- Phoenician
- Rhetoric
- Pyrgi
- Etruscan
Status
Published