Download or read book The Taurobolium written by Duthoy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material /ROBERT DUTHOY -- INTRODUCTION /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE INSCRIPTIONS /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE LITERARY TEXTS /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE NON-VERBAL TERMS /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE VERB /ROBERT DUTHOY -- INTRODUCTION /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE SUCCESSIVE PHASES OF THE TAUROBOLIUM /ROBERT DUTHOY -- AN EXPLANATION OF THE EVOLUTION /ROBERT DUTHOY -- THE ORIGIN OF THE TAUROBOLIUM /ROBERT DUTHOY -- CONCLUSION /ROBERT DUTHOY -- INDEX OF CORRESPONDING INSCRIPTIONS /ROBERT DUTHOY.
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Download or read book Soteriology and Mystic Aspects in the Cult of Cybele and Attis written by Giulia Sfameni Gasparro and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MYSTIC CULT OF CYBELE IN CLASSICAL GREECE -- MYSTERIES IN THE HELLENIZED CULT OF CYBELE -- MYSTIC ASPECTS IN THE “PHRYGIAN” MYTHICAL-RITUAL CYCLE -- THE PROBLEM OF THE PHRYGIAN MYSTERIES -- SOTERIOLOGICAL PROSPECTS IN THE CULT OF CYBELE -- MYSTIC AND SOTERIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE TAUROBOLIUM -- CONCLUSION -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ADDENDUM -- INDEX.
Download or read book The Imperial Cult in the Latin West written by Duncan Fishwick and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1987 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on provincial centres and the worship that was offered there in the name of the province. Despite the inadequacies of fleeting, defective evidence, a rough picture emerges of both the permanent headquarters and the principal features of provincial cults.
Download or read book Mother of the Gods written by Philippe Borgeaud and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-11-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the "Mother of the Gods" was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where her cult first began, she often shared the names of local mountains. The Greeks commonly called her Cybele, the name given to her by the Phrygians of Asia Minor, and identified her with their own mother goddesses Rhea, Gaia, and Demeter. The Romans adopted her worship at the end of the Second Punic War and called her Mater Magna, Great Mother. Her cult became one of the three most important mystery cults in the Roman Empire, along with those of Mithras and Isis. And as Christianity took hold in the Roman world, ritual elements of her cult were incorporated into the burgeoning cult of the Virgin Mary. In Mother of the Gods, Philippe Borgeaud traces the journey of this divine figure through Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome between the sixth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. He examines how the Mother of the Gods was integrated into specific cultures, what she represented to those who worshiped her, and how she was used as a symbol in art, myth, and even politics. The Mother of the Gods was often seen as a dualistic figure: ancestral and foreign, aristocratic and disreputable, nurturing and dangerous. Borgeaud's challenging and nuanced portrait opens new windows on the ancient world's sophisticated religious beliefs and shifting cultural identities.
Download or read book On the Origin of the Taurobolium written by Clifford Herschel Moore and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archaeology of Late Antique Paganism written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no agreement over how to name the 'pagan' cults of late antiquity. Clearly they were more diverse than this Christian label suggests, but also exhibited tendencies towards monotheism and internal changes which makes it difficult to describe them as 'traditional cults'. This volume, which includes two extensive bibliographic essays, considers the decline of urban temples alongside the varying evolution of other focii of cult practice and identity. The papers reveal great regional diversity in the development of late antique paganism, and suggest that the time has come to abandon a single compelling narrative of 'the end of the temples' based on legal sources and literary accounts. Although temple destructions are attested, in some regions the end of paganism was both gradual and untraumatic, with more co-existence with Christianity than one might have expected. Contributors are Javier Arce, Béatrice Caseau, Georgios Deligiannakis, Koen Demarsin, Jitse H.F. Dijkstra, Demetrios Eliopoulos, James Gerrard, Penelope J. Goodman, David Gwynn, Luke Lavan, Michael Mulryan, Helen G. Saradi, Eberhard W. Sauer, Gareth Sears, Peter Talloen, Peter Van Nuffelen and Lies Vercauteren.
Download or read book The Mystery Religions written by S. Angus and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic study explores the Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece; Asiatic cults of Cybele, the Magna Mater, and Attis; Dionysian groups; Orphics; Egyptian devotees of Isis and Osiris; Mithraism; and others.
Download or read book Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions written by Eric Orlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 1624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions is the first comprehensive single-volume reference work offering authoritative coverage of ancient religions in the Mediterranean world. Chronologically, the volume’s scope extends from pre-historical antiquity in the third millennium B.C.E. through the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. An interdisciplinary approach draws out the common issues and elements between and among religious traditions in the Mediterranean basin. Key features of the volume include: Detailed maps of the Mediterranean World, ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and the Hellenistic World A comprehensive timeline of major events, innovations, and individuals, divided by region to provide both a diachronic and pan-Mediterranean, synchronic view A broad geographical range including western Asia, northern Africa, and southern Europe This encyclopedia will serve as a key point of reference for all students and scholars interested in ancient Mediterranean culture and society.
Download or read book Mystery Cults in the Ancient World written by Hugh Bowden and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically re-enacted the story of Demeter's loss and recovery of her daughter Persephone; in Bacchic cult, bands of women ran wild in the Greek countryside to honour Dionysus; in the mysteries of Mithras, men came to understand the nature of the universe and their place within it through frightening initiation ceremonies and astrological teachings. These cults were an important part of life in the ancient Mediterranean world, but their actual practices were shrouded in secrecy, and much of what they were about has remained unclear until now. This is the first book to describe and explain all the major mystery cults of the ancient world, cult by cult, reconstructing the rituals and exploring their origins. It makes plentiful use of artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as ancient literature and epigraphy. Greek painted pottery, Roman frescoes, inscribed gold tablets from Greek and South Italian tombs and the excavated sites of ancient religious sanctuaries all contribute to our understanding of ancient mystery cults. Making use of the most recent work on these cults, the book is also informed by crucial current work on the anthropology and cognitive science of religion. Not only is this clearly written book a significant contribution to the study of these cults, but it is also accessible to a general readership. More than any other book on ancient religion, it allows the reader to understand what it was like to participate in these life-transforming religious events.
Download or read book Roman Society written by Samuel Dill and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Roman Society by Samuel Dill
Download or read book Religious Context of Early Christianity written by Hans-Josef Klauck and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a uniquely well-informed and comprehensive guide to the world of religion in the Graeco-Roman environment of early Christianity. Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, the volume paints a carefully nuanced portrait of the Christians' religious context. Besides describing ordinary domestic and civic religion and popular belief (including astrology, divination and 'magic'), there is extended discussion of mystery cults, ruler and emperor cults, the religious dimensions of philosophy, and Gnosticism. A valuable textbook for advanced students, as well as an authoritative reference work for scholars.
Download or read book Animals Gods and Humans written by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals. Including study of: biographies of figures such as Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; the New Testament via Gnostic texts; the church fathers; and from pagan and Christian criticism of animal sacrifice, to the acts of martyrs, the source material and detailed analysis included in this volume make it a veritable feast of information for all classicists.
Download or read book Corpus Monumentorum Religionis Equitum Danuvinorum CMRED written by Dumitru Tudor and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1969 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gentile and the Jew in the Courts of the Temple of Christ written by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecocide written by John Wilson and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How ‘Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll’ in ancient Athens entered Christianity. How Plato’s mental bias wrecks our ecology and our mental health. In this remarkable and well researched book, Dr John Wilson, a down-to-earth psychiatrist, breaks new ground. He shows how classical Greek civilization, still the foundation of Western culture, splits our minds from our bodies. Splitting us also from physical health, from mental health, and from our natural environment. In this sixth ‘Mass Extinction Event’, Plato’s legacy is now becoming fatal.
Download or read book The Gentile and the Jew in the Courts of the Temple of Christ an Introduction to the History of Christianity From the German written by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Doellinger (Professor of Theology at Munich.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
