Until now, there has been no comprehensive study of   religion in   Athens from the end of the classical period to the time of Rome's   domination of   the city. Jon D. Mikalson provides a chronological approach to religion   in   Hellenistic Athens, disproving the widely held belief that Hellenistic   religion   during this period represented a decline from the classical era. Drawing   from   epigraphical, historical, literary, and archaeological sources, Mikalson   traces   the religious cults and beliefs of Athenians from the battle of   Chaeroneia in   338 B.C. to the devastation of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C., demonstrating   that   traditional religion played a central and vital role in Athenian   private,   social, and political life. Mikalson describes the private and public   religious   practices of Athenians during this period, emphasizing the role these   practices   played in the life of the citizens and providing a careful scruntiny of   individual cults. He concludes his study by using his findings from   Athens to   call into question several commonly held assumptions about the general   development of religion in Hellenistic Greece.

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