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Book: Sensual Religion

Chapter: 9. The Texture of the Gift: Religious Touching in the Greco-Roman World

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.34246

Blurb:

What did ancient religion feel like? This chapter explores different elements of tactile experience in Greco-Roman sanctuaries, focusing on a group of ‘confession stelai’ from Roman Asia Minor. Themes explored include the transgressive touching of ancient sacred objects by mortals, and the punitive touching of mortal bodies by the Greco-Roman gods.

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