Religion

ISBN: 9780500251645
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Mystery cults have a perennial fascination, with their mix of ecstatic religious experience, initiation ceremonies, and the presumed secret knowledge impracted to initiates. Here Hugh Bowden sets out the evidence for such cults in a clear and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520262027
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 ... .... 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 ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674049468
Published by : Harvard University Press
This comparative study of Ancient Greek and Near Eastern cosmogonies analyzes themes such as succession myths, expressions of poetic inspiration, and claims to cosmic knowledge, as well as the role of itinerant specialists in the transmission o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110206333
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
This in depth study offers a reassessment of the interactions between second to fifth century Christianity and the Orphic religion, of the place of Orphism in Greek philosophy and culture, and by extension of the relationship between Christian... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521191265
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Michael Scott was recently acclaimed for his BBC4 series Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds , but his media work is complemented by serious scholarship. This study of the sacred spaces at Delphi and Olympia seeks to go ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521518314
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This collection of studies considers the inscribed scraps of gold foil that have been found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, and of which the content and purpose have been a subject of much debate. The contributors discuss specific... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305622
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume presents and analyses sculpture, inscriptions and monuments relating to the cult of Cybele and Attis from modern Croatia, amounting to more than 120 pieces in total. Nikoloska is able to trace both the geographic spread of the cult ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306438
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study presents the corpus of Attic pinakes from the late seventh to early fourth century. It looks at the iconography of these painted clay votive offerings, at the inscriptions they bear, the locations of their discovery, the cults to whi... .... Learn More