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Cover -- Religious Life In Late Classical And Hellenistic Rhodes -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: Tracing Religious Narratives -- 2: Rhodes The Island, Rhodes The Polis: Religious Community And Synoecism -- 2.1. Rhodes Before Rhodes? -- 2.2. Stories Of An Island: Rhodian Mythology -- 2.3. Foundation Myths: Land, Polis, And Cult -- 2.4. The Rhodian Synoecism -- 2.5. Shared Time I: The Eponymic Year And Priesthoods -- 2.6. Shared Time Ii: The Sacrificial Year -- 2.7. Choosing Gods, New And Old 2.8. Sub-levels Of Religious Organization: Phylai And Demes -- 2.9. Conclusions -- 3: Rhodian Epigraphic Culture And Society -- 3.1. Hellenistic Local History, Society, And Sources: Narratives And Methodologies -- 3.2. Rhodes In The Late Classical And Hellenistic Period: A Brief History -- 3.3. Being Rhodian: Political Identity And Citizenship -- 3.4. A 'rhodian' Epigraphic Habit? Regional Variations And Identities -- 3.4.1. The Chronology Of Rhodian Public Inscriptions -- 3.4.2. Epigraphy And Regionalism: Cameiros As An Epigraphic Locus 3.4.3. Epigraphy, Exclusiveness, And Local Identity: The Sanctuary Of Athena Lindia -- 3.5. The Nature Of Rhodian Public Inscriptions -- 3.5.1. Decrees -- 3.5.2. Catalogues -- 3.5.3. Honorific Statue Bases -- 3.6. Conclusions -- 4: Gods Of The Rhodian State: Helios And Athena -- 4.1. The Cult Of The Sun God -- 4.1.1. Helios' Place In Rhodes -- 4.1.2. Worshipping Helios In The Wider Rhodian World: A (geo)political Cult? -- 4.1.3. Imagining Helios: The Colossus -- 4.1.4. Conclusion -- 4.2. Athena On The Acropolis -- 4.2.1. Physical Presence And Cultic Landscape 4.2.2. Worshipping Athena: Rituals, People, And Offerings -- 4.2.3. Dedications, Epiphany, And Religious Memory: The Lindos Stele -- 4.2.4. Athena And Zeus -- 4.3. Conclusions -- 5: Local Pantheons After The Synoecism: The Cults Of Ialysos, Cameiros, And Lindos -- 5.1. Ialysos -- 5.1.1. The Religious Landscape Of Ialysos -- 5.1.2. Apollo Eret