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Author : Nanno Marinatos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134601484
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Goddess and the Warrior written by Nanno Marinatos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Nanno Marinatos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134601476
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Goddess and the Warrior written by Nanno Marinatos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Naked Goddesses can take on various forms: mistresses of animals, seductresses, fertility figures, even monsters. Nudity, however, has a consistent message: power. This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Early Greece, tracing the path and transformation of these magical symbols from their place of origin to Crete and the mainland. The Goddess and the Warrior presents a stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek Religion.
Author : John Petropoulos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134459246
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Greek Magic written by John Petropoulos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Magic presents a well-illustrated introduction to the often-neglected aspect of the Ancient Greeks’ legacy to western culture – numerous magical beliefs, practices and figures like the medieval and modern witch and warlock.
Author : Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr.
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031447808
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Nietzschean, Feminist, and Embodied Perspectives on the Presocratics written by Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr. and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first sustained scholarly account of women and goddesses in presocratic philosophy. It approaches the origin of western philosophy via Nietzsche, Feminism, and Embodied Cognition in order to argue that the presocratics were reviving, within the largely patriarchal and death-glorifying culture of archaic Greece, a paleo/neolithic goddess-centered religiosity that affirmed life and rebirth. By taking readers from prehistoric Europe to classical Athens, Joseph I. Breidenstein Jr. provides a novel narrative of the dawn of western philosophy which is more comprehensive than traditional accounts and which helps us address contemporary problems—the patriarchal attitudes and ideas that continue to corrupt academic-philosophical culture; the fascist-dominator lifestyle that continues to threaten western democracy and which is encouraged by the patriarchal aspects of academia; and the consumerism that continues to result from a materialistic-secular paradigm that is being increasingly recognized as both intellectually untenable and socially unsustainable.
Author : Barry B. Powell
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Classical Myth written by Barry B. Powell and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2009 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. The material has been rearranged to make it easier to find and the new edition has been streamlined. It features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern) of classical myths and legends, and commentary that emphasizes the anthropological, historical, religious, sociological, and economic contexts in which the myths were told. It also provides a cultural context so that readers can see how mythology has influenced the world and how it continues to influence society today.
Author : Edwin Yamauchi
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310527635
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Job written by Edwin Yamauchi and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure. Furthermore, without knowledge of the ancient culture we can easily impose our own culture on the text, potentially distorting it. This series invites you to enter the Old Testament with a company of guides, experts that will give new insights into these cherished writings. Features include • Over 2000 photographs, drawings, maps, diagrams and charts provide a visual feast that breathes fresh life into the text. • Passage-by-passage commentary presents archaeological findings, historical explanations, geographic insights, notes on manners and customs, and more. • Analysis into the literature of the ancient Near East will open your eyes to new depths of understanding both familiar and unfamiliar passages. • Written by an international team of 30 specialists, all top scholars in background studies.
Author : Kristian Kristiansen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521843638
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Bronze Age Society written by Kristian Kristiansen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Anna Collar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 042976930X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Networks and the Spread of Ideas in the Past written by Anna Collar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Networks and the Spread of Ideas in the Past: Strong Ties, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange gathers contributions from an international group of scholars to reconsider the role that strong social ties play in the transmission of new ideas, and their crucial place in network analyses of the past. Drawing on case studies that range from the early Iron Age Mediterranean to medieval Britain, the contributing authors showcase the importance of looking at strong social ties in the transmission of complex information, which requires relationships structured through mutual trust, memory, and reciprocity. They highlight the importance of sanctuaries in the process of information transmission, the power of narrative in creating a sense of community even across geographical space, and the control of social systems in order to facilitate or stifle new information transfer. Networks and the Spread of Ideas in the Past demonstrates the value of searching the past for powerful social connections, offers us the chance to tell more human stories through our analyses, and represents an essential new addition to the study and use of networks in archaeology and history. The book will be useful to academics and students working in the Digital Humanities, History, and Archaeology.
Author : Xenia Charalambidou
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784915734
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)
Download or read book Interpreting the Seventh Century BC written by Xenia Charalambidou and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has its origin in a conference held at the British School at Athens in 2011 which aimed to explore the range of new archaeological information now available for the seventh century in Greek lands.
Author : Bella Vivante
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Daughters of Gaia written by Bella Vivante and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their personal lives at home to their roles in the realms of religion, health, economics, governance, war, philosophy, and poetry, this is the story of ancient women in all their aspects. Vivante explores women's lives in four ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. While the experiences of women in ancient cultures were certainly very different from those of most women today, a tendency to focus too much on negative or restrictive images has until now provided readers with a rather incomplete picture. Looking at this important era from a female-oriented perspective, Vivante widens the perceptual lens and makes it possible to highlight the fundamental empowered aspects of women's activities in order to present them in balance with the various limits imposed on their societal participation. Beginning with powerful images of goddesses and women's roles in the religious sphere, Vivante details the foundation for women's activities in all other social realms. While these four Mediterranean civilizations were distinctive, they also influenced each other through various forms of contact—trade, colonization, and war. Both the similarities and the differences permit richer comparisons and promote a deeper understanding of the lives of women in each.
Author : Eric Orlin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134625529
Total Pages : 1091 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
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 1091 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.
Author : Lluis Feliu
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575068567
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Time and History in the Ancient Near East written by Lluis Feliu and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.
Author : Karen Polinger Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190672536
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Strange and Wonderful written by Karen Polinger Foster and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the creation of the world's first zoological and botanical gardens 5,000 years ago, people have collected, displayed, and depicted animals and plants from lands far beyond their everyday experience. Strange and Wonderful offers a richly illustrated journey across millennia and around the globe to explore the root of this phenomenon in art.
Author : Ladislav Stančo
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024620456
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Greek Gods in the East written by Ladislav Stančo and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the fate of the Greek mythological themes, divine and heroic figures, far in the East, primarily in the area of ancient Gandhara and Bactria (today in Uzbekistan). In alphabetic order, it covers primary iconographic schemes, which the art of these areas borrowed from the Hellenistic Mediterranean. We can compare how individual typical depictions of Greek deities changed and accommodated the taste and ideas of the local populace over the centuries. Aside from this, many of the originally Greek mythological characters, including their typical attributes, became, as this book clearly shows, the basis for images of various local Iranian, Indian and other deities.
Author : Kostas Vlassopoulos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107244269
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Greeks and Barbarians written by Kostas Vlassopoulos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an ambitious synthesis of the social, economic, political and cultural interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in the Mediterranean world during the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. Instead of traditional and static distinctions between Greeks and Others, Professor Vlassopoulos explores the diversity of interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks in four parallel but interconnected worlds: the world of networks, the world of apoikiai ('colonies'), the Panhellenic world and the world of empires. These diverse interactions set into motion processes of globalisation; but the emergence of a shared material and cultural koine across the Mediterranean was accompanied by the diverse ways in which Greek and non-Greek cultures adopted and adapted elements of this global koine. The book explores the paradoxical role of Greek culture in the processes of ancient globalisation, as well as the peculiar way in which Greek culture was shaped by its interaction with non-Greek cultures.
Author : Marek Winiarczyk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110294885
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene written by Marek Winiarczyk and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature.
Author : Brian Kinsey
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0761499806
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome written by Brian Kinsey and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Represents a wide range of deities in the Greek and Roman pantheons, from Zeus and Jupiter to Eos and Quirinus. Includes discussions of the significance of the given deities, the mythology surrounding them, and the forms of worship associated with them.
