Dr. Vassiliki Pothou studierte Klassische Philologie in Athen und Paris (Sorbonne bzw. École normale supérieure/Centre d'études anciennes). Ihre Arbeitssschwerpunkte sind Thukydides und Flavius Josephus. Nach einem mehrjährigen Forschungsaufenthalt als Humboldt-Stipendiatin an der Universität Regensburg ist sie derzeit an der Universität Kiel tätig. Dr. Vassiliki Pothou studied Classics in Athens and Paris (École normale supérieure/Centre d'études anciennes). Her research focus is on Thucydides and Flavius Josephus.
L. Käppel is Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Kiel. Since 2011 he is speaker of the University's research focus "Societal, Environmental, Cultural Change".

L. Käppel is Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Kiel. Since 2011 he is speaker of the University's research focus "Societal, Environmental, Cultural Change".

Vassiliki Pothou is Lecturer of Classics and she has worked and teached at the Universities of Regensburg and Kiel.

The Topos of Sacred Landscapes

Topos of Sacred Landscapes

"Holy landscape" is a term frequently used to describe a multidimensional phenomenon. What this actually comprises is hard to define. Precisely this question is addressed in this volume. The "holy landscape" depends on people's Weltanschauung and is influenced by their respective culture and ethos. It is not just a question of religious buildings and rituals, nor is it a mere matter of explicating terms such as "pure" and "impure", magic and myths; it is about an expressive space in which the "ceremony and mood of rites and cults" take place.
The contributions also deal with the emergence and continuing development of the term "holy landscape" and the changing expressions of religious mood.