Religion

ISBN: 9783515104258
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge
Volume: 45
The concepts of memory and experience have stimulated interest in a wide range of recent cultural studies. In the history of scholarship on religion in Mediterranean antiquity, scholars have focused on the emotional dimension of b... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311067
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2492
This monograph examines the religious and mythological concepts of Zeus from prehistoric times until the Early Archaic period. The research was performed as an interdisciplinary study involving the evidence of the Homeric poems, a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311098
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2495
The present collection refers not only to the remains of the pagan religion of Greeks and Romans, but also to those of Edomites, Nabataeans and Itureans in the Hellenistic and Roman period. Furthermore, it also includes motifs whi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700169055
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Denkschriften der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 427
Hardly any other region in Greece offers such a density of churches with Byzantine frescoes as does Crete. The primary concern of this present study is to make a contribution to the urgently needed basic research in this subject. Its main objectiv... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305622
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The cult of Cybele and Attis is a spiritual phenomenon of wide chronological and geographical range. There is abundant documentation of its existence, but even more numerous are the works of scholars engaged in the interpretation of the cult an... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306438
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
In modern studies pinax refers to a flat, rectangular, painted slab of clay placed in a sanctuary or tomb. In this study the author presents the various occurrences and possible meanings of the word pinax in the sources and examines the represe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520262034
Published by : University of California Press
This book makes a strong case for the importance of religious practices in Classical Athens, showing how thoroughly ritual was integrated into the city's democratic institutions and civic life. To this end Nancy Evans takes an in depth look at the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805339421
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
English summary: Aphrodite is counted among the most well-known and most interesting mythological women of Antiquity. As Goddess of Love and Beauty, she played a crucial role in the Trojan War; as a Goddess in arms, though, she herself d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805340939
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: Aphrodisias
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