Religion
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The Significance of Votive Offerings in Selected Hera Sanctuaries in the Peloponnese, Ionia and Western Greece [Paperback]
Jens David Baumbach (Author)
$92.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781841716091
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The goddess Hera is associated with pregnancy, childbirth, marriage, the home and family, agriculture and vegetation, and military matters. A number of sanctuaries, heraia, were built to honour the goddess and to house the cult activities assoc... .... Learn More -
Kult im Kleinen. Ländliche Heiligtuemer spätarchaischer bis hellenistischer Zeit: Attika - Arkadien - Argolis - Kynouria [Hardback]
Lorenz E. Baumer (Author)
$155.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783896463531
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
Baumer's study of Greece's small rural sanctuaries is based on an archaeological survey of four regions - Attica, Arkadian, Argolis and Kynouria - with most of the evidence recovered from Attica. Focusing purely on archaeological rather than do... .... Learn More -
Landbesitz griechischer Heiligtuemer in archaischer und klassischer Zeit [Hardback]
Marietta Horster (Author)
$120.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783110182194
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
Marietta Horster's thesis examines the landholdings of ancient cults, arguing that this is a vital piece of evidence for understanding the organisation of communities during the archaic and classical periods. The specialised and annotated study fo... .... Learn More -
Buergerrecht und Kultteilnahme: Politische und kultische Rechte und Pflichten in griechischen Poleis, Rom und antikem Judentum [Hardback]
Stefan Krauter (Author)
$160.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783110181746
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
In the ancient world, where politics and religion went hand in hand, citizenship came at the cost of religious obligations. That is the premise of this detailed study in which Stefan Krauter examines the extent to which religion, especially religi... .... Learn More -
Biblical Greek Language and Lexicography [Hardback]
Bernard A. Taylor (Author)
Regular Price: $35.00
Special Price: $9.98
ISBN: 9780802822161
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
As the basis of modern translations of the Scriptures, biblical Greek and lexicography are disciplines vital to our understanding of the original Christian message. This volume, which celebrates the career of Frederick W. Danker, presents the stat... .... Learn More -
Greek Gods, Human Lives [Hardback]
Mary R. Lefkowitz (Author)
$30.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780300101454
Published by : Yale University Press
The mythology of ancient Greece has fascinated readers for two millennia and has formed the basis of Western civilization. The Greek gods are a perennial source of delight because they seem so much like us: in their rages, their love affairs, a... .... Learn More -
The Story of Bacchus [Paperback]
Andrew Dalby (Author)
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Special Price: $7.98
ISBN: 9780714122557
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Bacchus is best remembered for his gift to humanity of wine. With it he brought pleasure, but also savagery and death. Intriguing episodes drawn from an astonising range of sources, including obscure and fragmentary records detailing the songs ... .... Learn More -
Dieux, fêtes, sacré dans la Grèce et la Rome antiques [Paperback]
Julien Ries (Author)
$70.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9782503512228
Published by : Brepols
These fourteen essays derive from a colloquium organised by the Asociation `Homo Religiosus-Luxembourg' in 1996 and address the subject of religious celebrations in the Greco-Roman world. Both specific topics, such as the origins of Greek religiou... .... Learn More -
Les communautés religieuses dans le monde Gréco-Romain [Paperback]
N Belayche (Author); S Mimouni (Author)
$57.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9782503522043
Published by : Brepols
This group of seventeen essays looks at religious communities in the Greco-Roman world asking what marked these communities, why they were formed and how they functioned. The authors take a variety of approaches and case studies, from expatriate c... .... Learn More -

