Altar
15 books featuring this symbol
An altar is a designated surface or structure for presenting offerings to deities or ancestors. It marks a point of contact between human and sacred realms, concentrating presence through sacrifice, vows, and remembrance.
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Heracles
Euripides • Greek
Hippolytus
Euripides • Greek
Trojan Women
Euripides • Greek
Fasti
Ovid • Roman
Suppliants (Aeschylus)
Aeschylus • Greek
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides • Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides • Greek
On the Nature of the Gods
Cicero • Roman
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides • Greek
Helen
Euripides • Greek
The Legend of Keret
Anonymous • Levantine
Debate Between Sheep and Grain
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Song of Release
Anonymous • Levantine
Erotika Pathemata
Parthenius of Nicaea • Greek