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Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks

Author : Jean Richer
Publisher : Suny Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks written by Jean Richer and published by Suny Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides proof of the existence and explains the significance of planned alignments between classical temples and oracle sites over a wide range of territory, pointing to an astrological system of planning in the ancient world. This system of symbolism may be used predictively and is supported by all relevant artifacts. Here is a unifying approach to the study of geomancy in the ancient world as a whole. Richer has found a network of significant geographic alignments, associated with the pathways of various legendary figures and gods, that are geomantic keys to many legends and texts. One of these texts is Plato's Laws in which Plato describes the layout of the ideal city. Richer found Plato's ideal city repeated around the most important oracular centers on ancient Greece. He shows how Plato's description was a later codification of a much earlier practice of dividing geography into twelve regions under the patronage of the gods of the zodiac. Several such twelve-part divisions of the Greek Territories are presented here.

Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks

Author : Jean Richer
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks written by Jean Richer and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-12-05 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides proof of the existence and explains the significance of planned alignments between classical temples and oracle sites over a wide range of territory, pointing to an astrological system of planning in the ancient world. This system of symbolism may be used predictively and is supported by all relevant artifacts. Here is a unifying approach to the study of geomancy in the ancient world as a whole. Richer has found a network of significant geographic alignments, associated with the pathways of various legendary figures and gods, that are geomantic keys to many legends and texts. One of these texts is Plato’s Laws in which Plato describes the layout of the ideal city. Richer found Plato’s ideal city repeated around the most important oracular centers on ancient Greece. He shows how Plato’s description was a later codification of a much earlier practice of dividing geography into twelve regions under the patronage of the gods of the zodiac. Several such twelve-part divisions of the Greek Territories are presented here.

Ancient Greek Cults

Author : Jennifer Larson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134346182
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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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.

A History of Greek Art

Author : Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444350153
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A History of Greek Art written by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Uniquely intersperses chapters devoted to major periods of Greek art from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, with chapters containing discussions of important contextual themes across all of the periods Contextual chapters illustrate how a range of factors, such as the urban environment, gender, markets, and cross-cultural contact, influenced the development of art Chronological chapters survey the appearance and development of key artistic genres and explore how artifacts and architecture of the time reflect these styles Offers a variety of engaging and informative pedagogical features to help students navigate the subject, such as timelines, theme-based textboxes, key terms defined in margins, and further readings. Information is presented clearly and contextualized so that it is accessible to students regardless of their prior level of knowledge A book companion website is available at www.wiley.gom/go/greekart with the following resources: PowerPoint slides, glossary, and timeline

The Ancient World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient World written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Frame in Classical Art

Author : Verity Platt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316943275
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Frame in Classical Art written by Verity Platt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frames of classical art are often seen as marginal to the images that they surround. Traditional art history has tended to view framing devices as supplementary 'ornaments'. Likewise, classical archaeologists have often treated them as tools for taxonomic analysis. This book not only argues for the integral role of framing within Graeco-Roman art, but also explores the relationship between the frames of classical antiquity and those of more modern art and aesthetics. Contributors combine close formal analysis with more theoretical approaches: chapters examine framing devices across multiple media (including vase and fresco painting, relief and free-standing sculpture, mosaics, manuscripts and inscriptions), structuring analysis around the themes of 'framing pictorial space', 'framing bodies', 'framing the sacred' and 'framing texts'. The result is a new cultural history of framing - one that probes the sophisticated and playful ways in which frames could support, delimit, shape and even interrogate the images contained within.

The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece

Author : M. Rigoglioso
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230620914
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece written by M. Rigoglioso and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-04-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna's "marriage" to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras, Plato, and Alexander; and more. In this provocative study, Marguerite Rigoglioso suggests such details are remnants of an early Greek cult of divine birth, not unlike that of Egypt. Scouring myth, legend, and history from a female-oriented perspective, she argues that many in the highest echelons of Greek civilization believed non-ordinary conception was the only means possible of bringing forth individuals who could serve as leaders, and that special cadres of virgin priestesses were dedicated to this practice. Her book adds a unique perspective to our understanding of antiquity, and has significant implications for the study of Christianity and other religions in which divine birth claims are central. The book's stunning insights provide fascinating reading for those interested in female-inclusive approaches to ancient religion.

The Ancient Economy

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520024366
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Economy written by Moses I. Finley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology

Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : Abc-Clio Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781576071298
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology written by Mike Dixon-Kennedy and published by Abc-Clio Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 1,400 entries for mythological, legendary, and historical characters, as well as an essay on Greek civilization, a bibliography, a chronology, and a list of Roman emperors

The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greek Art

Author : Michael Byron Norris
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999729
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Greek Art written by Michael Byron Norris and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2000 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a tool for educators who wish to teach students about the art of Ancient Greece. The text contains readings on Greek culture, history and art and is looseleaf bound for easy photocopying. Accompanying material includes 20 slides showing various works of Greek art and a card game designed to teach students about some of the myths commonly depicted in Greek art. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full text of the book in printable Adobe Acrobat format as well as JPEG files of the images depicted on the slides.

The Dance of the Islands

Author : Christy Constantakopoulou
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191615455
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Dance of the Islands written by Christy Constantakopoulou and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-07-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christy Constantakopoulou examines the history of the Aegean islands and changing concepts of insularity, with particular emphasis on the fifth century BC. Islands are a prominent feature of the Aegean landscape, and this inevitably created a variety of different (and sometimes contradictory) perceptions of insularity in classical Greek thought. Geographic analysis of insularity emphasizes the interplay between island isolation and island interaction, but the predominance of islands in the Aegean sea made island isolation almost impossible. Rather, island connectivity was an important feature of the history of the Aegean and was expressed on many levels. Constantakopoulou investigates island interaction in two prominent areas, religion and imperial politics, examining both the religious networks located on islands in the ancient Greek world and the impact of imperial politics on the Aegean islands during the fifth century.

Archaic and Classical Harbours of the Greek World

Author : Chiara Maria Mauro
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178969129X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Archaic and Classical Harbours of the Greek World written by Chiara Maria Mauro and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the archaeology and history of ancient harbours, with particular focus on the Greek world during the Archaic and Classical eras. It questions what locations were the most propitious for the installation of harbours; what kinds of harbour-works were built and for what purpose; and what harbour forms were documented.

Feasting and Polis Institutions

Author : Floris van den Eijnde
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004356738
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Feasting and Polis Institutions written by Floris van den Eijnde and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feasting and commensality formed the backbone of social life in the polis, the most characteristic and enduring form of political organization in the ancient Greek world. Exploring a wide array of commensal practices, Feasting and Polis Institutions reveals how feasts defined the religious and political institutions of the Greek citizen-state. Taking the reader from the Early Iron Age to the Imperial Period, this volume launches an essential inquiry into Greek power relations. Focusing on the myriad of patronage roles at the feast and making use of a wide variety of methodologies and primary sources, including archaeology, epigraphy and literature, Feasting and Polis Institutions argues that in ancient Greece political interaction could never be complete until it was consummated in a festive context.

Architecture of the Sacred

Author : Bonna D. Wescoat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110737829X
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Architecture of the Sacred written by Bonna D. Wescoat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a distinguished team of authors explores the way space, place, architecture, and ritual interact to construct sacred experience in the historical cultures of the eastern Mediterranean. Essays address fundamental issues and features that enable buildings to perform as spiritually transformative spaces in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine civilizations. Collectively they demonstrate the multiple ways in which works of architecture and their settings were active agents in the ritual process. Architecture did not merely host events; rather, it magnified and elevated them, interacting with rituals facilitating the construction of ceremony. This book examines comparatively the ways in which ideas and situations generated by the interaction of place, built environment, ritual action, and memory contributed to the cultural formulation of the sacred experience in different religious faiths.

Schools of Hellas

Author : Kenneth John Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schools of Hellas written by Kenneth John Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Atlas of the World's Religions

Author : Ninian Smart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Atlas of the World's Religions written by Ninian Smart and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superbly illustrated reference work remains the only comprehensive visual guide to the world's religious traditions. With text by leading experts and lavish photography, thematic maps, tables, and charts, theAtlas of the World's Religions, Second Editionranges from the travels of the Buddha to the geographical distribution of modern indigenous faiths, providing a full and informative picture of world religion, both past and present. Through almost 200 full-color maps, organized in a beautifully designed series of double-page spreads, this marvelous atlas shows the historical development and present state of all the world's major religions, with color illustrations that show temples, sites, ceremonies and works of art connected with religious life. The updated and expanded second edition provides a comprehensive overview of the major events over time that influenced the geographical development of the world's religions, and it provides a global and regional assessment of religion in the modern world. There are eight entirely new double-page spreads that illuminate such topics as the spread of the Latter-day Saints throughout the world, Pentecostal Christianities today (perhaps numbering more than 500 million adherents, or nearly one-fourth of the global Christian population), contemporary diasporic communities, South American religions, and much more. The second edition also includes extensive updates to many page spreads, 20,000 new words of text, fresh maps and illustrations, a revised introduction by the new editor, Frederick Denny, an expanded glossary and index, and a list of additional resources, all of which further enhance the value of the book. Both a treasury of information and an exhilarating visual feast,Atlas of the World's Religions, Second Editionis an essential reference work for anyone interested in faith around the globe.