Religion
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Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives [Hardback]
Martti Nissinen (Author)
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ISBN: 9780198808558
Published by : Oxford University Press
Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives is the first monograph-length comparative study on prophetic divination in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek sources. Prophecy is one of the ways humans have believed to beco... .... Learn More -
The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece [Hardback]
Margaret Foster (Author)
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ISBN: 9780520295001
Published by : University of California Press
Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in colonial discourse from the archaic and classical periods. Margaret Foster exposes the ideological motivations behind this discrepancy and reveals how colonial discours... .... Learn More -
Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC [Hardback]
Cecilie Brøns (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785703553
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 28
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles ... .... Learn More -
New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens [Hardback]
Jon D. Mikalson (Author)
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ISBN: 9789004319189
Published by : BRILL
Jon D. Mikalson offers for classical and Hellenistic Athens a study of the terminology and contexts of praises of religious actions and artefacts and an investigation of the various authorities in religious activities. The terms of approbation app... .... Learn More -
The Homeric Gods [Paperback]
Walter Friedrich Otto (Author)
£14.50ISBN: 9788857523996
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Anthropology
Volume: 1
In many respects, this book is considered to be the best guide ever written on Homeric religion. The analysis by W. F. Otto, while being very careful in terms of interpretation, denotes an open consonance of the author with the spirit - sometimes ... .... Learn More -
Poseidon and the Sea [Hardback]
Seth D. Pevnick (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781907804304
Published by : D Giles Limited
This volume is a fascinating exploration of the myths and iconography of the Greek god Poseidon and the cult objects offered to him in his numerous manifestations across the Mediterranean world. Using over 50 objects from Tampa Museum of Art's int... .... Learn More -
The Individual in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean [Hardback]
Jörg Rupke (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780199674503
Published by : Oxford University Press
Ancient religions are usually treated as collective and political phenomena and, apart from a few towering figures, the individual religious agent has fallen out of view. Addressing this gap, the essays in this volume focus on the individual and i... .... Learn More -
Sibyls: Prophecy and Power in the Ancient World [Hardback]
Jorge Guillermo (Author)
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ISBN: 9781468306842
Published by : Overlook Press
From myth to myth, and over thousands of years, few archetypes have so captured the imaginations of readers as that of the Sibyl. Sibyls—from the Greek word for prophetess—commanded a remarkable amount of respect and devotion in the ancient world ... .... Learn More -
Ancient Oracles [Hardback]
Richard Stoneman (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300140422
Published by : Yale University Press
Herodotus tells us that when Croesus, the king of Lydia, asked the Delphic Oracle whether he should attack the Persians, he was told that if he did so he would destroy a great empire. Delighted, he proceeded with the invasion, but the empire th... .... Learn More -
Classical Mythology [Paperback]
M. P. O. Morford (Author)
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ISBN: 9780195397703
Published by : Oxford University Press
A good introduction to Greek and Roman mythology based largely on literary works, although with some mention of art and architecture. The authors divide their subject according to the myths of creation, the Greek sagas, the nature of Roman myth... .... Learn More
