Information Package / Course Catalogue
Local Cults in Asia Minor in Antiquity II
Course Code: ARKE604
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aims of this course, evaluating the Anatolian local cults in Ancient Period, gods and their relationships between cults.

Course Content

Defining the local gods and the cults in light of the ancient authors and archaeological datas.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Local gods and cults in Anatolia.
2.The local gods in ancient writers.
3.Cults and the interactions.
4.The local gods of the Ionian region.
5.Cults of local deities, cult areas, and architectural areas.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. W. M. Ramsay, Anadolu’nun Tarihi Coğrafyası, 1961.
2.1. E. Akurgal, Anadolu Uygarlıkları, İstanbul, 1988.
3.3. E. Akurgal, Anadolu Kültür Tarihi, Ankara, 1998.
4.4. Strabon, Geographika, Antik Anadolu Coğrafyası, Kitap: XII, XIII, XIV. (Çev: Prof. Dr. A. Pekman).
5.5. A. Erhat, Mitoloji Sözlüğü, İstanbul, 1987.
6.6. C. Howgego, Sikkelerin Işığında Eskiçağ Tarihi, (Çev. O. Tekin), İstanbul, 1998.
7.7. I. Carradice, M. Price, Hellen Dünyasında Sikke, (Çev. O. Tekin), İstanbul, 2001.
8.8. O. Tekin, Antik Anadolu Nümizmatiği Bibliografyası, İstanbul, 1993.
9.9. E. Pfuhl–H. Möbius, Die Ostgriechischen Grabreliefs I-II, Mainz, 1977-1979.
10.10. C. M. Antonaccio, An Archaeology of Ancestors: Tomb Cult and Hero Cult in Early Greece (1995) and "Lefkandi and Homer", in O. Anderson and M. Dickie, Homer's World: Fiction, Tradition and Reality (1995); I. Morris, "Tomb cult and the Greek Renaissance" Antiquity 62 (1988:750-61).
11.11. C. M. Antonaccio, "Contesting the Past: Hero Cult, Tomb Cult, and Epic in Early Greece" American Journal of Archaeology 98.3 (July 1994:389-410).
12.12. W. Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults, London, 1987.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Scope of the course and the resources will be discussed.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The cult of the Zeus in Anatolia.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The cult of the Kybele and Attis in Anatolia
Week 4 - Theoretical
The cult of the Artemis in Anatolia.
Week 5 - Theoretical
The cult of the Aphrodite in Anatolia.
Week 6 - Theoretical
The cult of the Dionysos in Anatolia.
Week 7 - Theoretical
The cult of the Hekate in Anatolia.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Local gods in the ancient authors.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Demoi and the local gods cult in Anatolia.
Week 11 - Theoretical
The cult of the Apollon in Anatolia.
Week 12 - Theoretical
The cult of the Demeter in Anatolia.
Week 13 - Theoretical
The cult of the Men in Anatolia.
Week 14 - Theoretical
The local gods and cults in Ionia Region.
Week 15 - Theoretical
The local gods and cults in Lydia Region
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment80648
Term Project17512
Reading150115
Individual Work100220
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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