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Author : Lewis Richard Farnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cults of the Greek States written by Lewis Richard Farnell and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lewis Richard Farnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108015476
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Cults of the Greek States written by Lewis Richard Farnell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facilitating a comparative approach to the cults of Greek gods, Farnell's five-volume work (1896-1909) is still regularly consulted.
Author : Lewis Richard Farnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Cults of the Greek States written by Lewis Richard Farnell and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : François de Polignac
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226673332
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Cults, Territory, and the Origins of the Greek City-State written by François de Polignac and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-08-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining archaeological and textual evidence the author suggests that most of the 8th Century settlements that would become the city-states of classical Greece were defined as much by the boundaries of civilised' space as by their urban centres.
Author : Michael H. Jameson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316123197
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece written by Michael H. Jameson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assembles fourteen highly influential articles written by Michael H. Jameson over a period of nearly fifty years, edited and updated by the author himself. They represent both the scope and the signature style of Jameson's engagement with the subject of ancient Greek religion. The collection complements the original publications in two ways: firstly, it makes the articles more accessible; and secondly, the volume offers readers a unique opportunity to observe that over almost five decades of scholarship Jameson developed a distinctive method, a signature style, a particular perspective, a way of looking that could perhaps be fittingly called a 'Jamesonian approach' to the study of Greek religion. This approach, recognizable in each article individually, becomes unmistakable through the concentration of papers collected here. The particulars of the Jamesonian approach are insightfully discussed in the five introductory essays written for this volume by leading world authorities on polis religion.
Author : Fritz Graf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134119674
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Ritual Texts for the Afterlife written by Fritz Graf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our understanding of their purpose and of the perceived afterlife. The tablets belonged to those who had been initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus Bacchius and relied heavily upon myths narrated in poems ascribed to the mythical singer Orpheus. After providing the Greek text and a translation of all the available tablets, the authors analyze their role in the mysteries of Dionysus, and present an outline of the myths concerning the origins of humanity and of the sacred texts that the Greeks ascribed to Orpheus. Related ancient texts are also appended in English translations. Providing the first book-length edition and discussion of these enigmatic texts in English, and their first English translation, this book is essential to the study of ancient Greek religion.
Author : John D. Morgenstern
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1949979091
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (499 download)
Download or read book The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual written by John D. Morgenstern and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 features a special forum on “Eliot and Green Modernism,” edited by Julia E. Daniel, as well as a special forum titled “First Readings of the Eliot–Hale Archive,” edited by John Whittier-Ferguson.
Author : David R. Kinsley
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887068355
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (683 download)
Download or read book The Goddesses' Mirror written by David R. Kinsley and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the cultural background and meaning of ten goddesses, including Aphrodite, Isis, Athena, Durga, Laksmi, and Sita
Author : Christine Downing
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 083482888X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book The Long Journey Home written by Christine Downing and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women.
Author : Jennifer Larson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134346182
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Ancient Greek Cults written by Jennifer Larson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals. Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion.
Author : Giovanni Casadio
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527569861
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Artemis and Diana in Ancient Greece and Italy written by Giovanni Casadio and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of studies about the Greek and Roman goddesses—Artemis and Diana—who ruled creatures of the wild. Although they arose separately in Greek and Roman cultures, they were often treated as equivalent. These goddesses had the power of giving birth, health and death. Diana’s temples were built at places where three roads meet, writes Servius (ad Aen. IV.511), outside the city itself, and so they were common, safe meeting places which belonged to no one but were the sites for federal councils, hosted by the goddess. Artemis was associated in particular with bears, and Diana with deer, but both were generally associated with wild animals, as well as with the different phases of life. This volume will be useful not only for researchers on this subject, but also for courses in Greek and Roman studies, mythology, history, and women’s studies.
Author : Donald Mackenzie
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447482700
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk Life - Studies in Race, Culture and Tradition written by Donald Mackenzie and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intensive study of Scotland’s folklore and a detailed evaluation of the characteristic features that brought Celtic lore into prominence. This volume includes comparative notes and historical summaries of stories of alien intrusions, settlements, and expulsions. First published in 1935, the data presented in this text was gathered from Scottish schools during the recruiting period of the Great War. Featuring the following chapters: - The People, Their Origins and History - The Celtic Theory - Intrusions of Aliens - Language and Customs - Swine Cults: Sanctity and Abhorrence of Pig - Giant Lore of Scotland - Ancient Goddess Forms - Fairies and Fairyland - Demons of Land and Water - Festivals and Ceremonies
Author : Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110376997
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World written by Jan N. Bremmer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a ‘thick description’ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries.
Author : Ronald Hutton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265271
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Queens of the Wild written by Ronald Hutton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the Fairy Queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries. Looking closely at four main figures—Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the Night, and the Old Woman of Gaelic tradition—Hutton challenges decades of debate around the female figures who have long been thought versions of pre-Christian goddesses. He makes the compelling case that these goddess figures found in the European imagination did not descend from the pre-Christian ancient world, yet have nothing Christian about them. It was in fact nineteenth-century scholars who attempted to establish the narrative of pagan survival that persists today.
Author : Ev Cochrane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965622905
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Martian Metamorphoses written by Ev Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about the book "Martian Metamorphoses: The Planet Mars in Ancient Myth and Religion," written by Ev Cochrane and published by Aeon Publishing in Ames, Iowa. Provides a summary and a table of contents.
Author : Christian H. Bull
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004212078
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices written by Christian H. Bull and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide array of sources, this anthology sets out to analyze the concepts of mystery and secrecy that occur in the ritual and rhetoric of antique Mediterranean religion, with an emphasis on Gnosticism, Christianity, and Paganism.
Author : Rosemary Ruether
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520231465
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Goddesses and the Divine Feminine written by Rosemary Ruether and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosemary Radford Ruether presents an illuminating portrait of goddesses and sacred female imagery in Western culture, from prehistory to contemporary goddess movements.
