Eleusis, the Inscriptions on Stone
Author | : Kevin Clinton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Eleusis (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kevin Clinton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Eleusis (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kevin Clinton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Eleusis (Greece) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael B. Cosmopoulos |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2015-06-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1316368238 |
For more than one thousand years, people from every corner of the Greco-Roman world sought the hope for a blessed afterlife through initiation into the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. In antiquity itself and in our memory of antiquity, the Eleusinian Mysteries stand out as the oldest and most venerable mystery cult. Despite the tremendous popularity of the Eleusinian Mysteries, their origins are unknown. Because they are lost in an era without written records, they can only be reconstructed with the help of archaeology. This book provides a much-needed synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age and reconstructs the formation and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The discussion of the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries is complemented with discussions of the theology of Demeter and an update on the state of research in the archaeology of Eleusis from the Bronze Age to the end of antiquity.
Author | : Feyo Schuddeboom |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004178139 |
A proper understanding of the words and and the context in which they occur is fundamental to the study of Greek religion. This volume seeks to make a significant portion of the source material available to present-day students of religions in the Graeco-Roman world. The ancient texts are accompanied by English translations. Revised chapters from the seminal works by Zijderveld (1934) and Van der Burg (1939) show a whole range of different contexts in ancient literature, thus arguing against an automatic equation of and with mystery rites. New chapters give an overview of the loanword orgia in Latin poetry, and of and in the epigraphical evidence.
Author | : Patricia A. Butz |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004183086 |
Recognizing the traditional place held by the "Hekatompedon Inscription" (IG I3 4) in classical studies, this book presents evidence for the meaning of the inscription that comes from its facture, leading to the question of the origin of the stoikhedon style and of Egypt's role in that emergence.
Author | : Stephen Victor Tracy |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3110407590 |
This book has chapters on methodology, on the writing of the first decrees and laws of the years ca. 515 to 450 B.C., on unique examples of writing of ca. 450 to 400, on the inscribers of the Lapis Primus and Lapis Secundus (IG I3 259-280), and on those of the Attic Stelai (IG I3 421-430). These are followed by studies of 11 individual cutters arranged in chronological order. This study brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century by setting out a methodology and by discussing the attempts of others to identify hands. Another aim is to bring out the individuality of the writing of these early inscribers. It shows that from the beginning the writing on Athenian inscriptions on stone was very idiosyncratic, for all intents and purposes individual writing. It identifies the inscribing of the sacred inventories of Athena beginning about 450 B.C. as the genesis of the professional letter cutter in Athens and traces the trajectory of the profession. While the dating of many inscriptions will remain a matter for scholarly discussion, the present study narrows the dates of many texts. It also pinpoints the origin of the mistaken idea that three-bar sigma did not occur on public documents after the year 446 in order to make those who are not expert more aware that this is not a reliable means of dating.
Author | : Thomas Galoppin |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 1080 |
Release | : 2022-12-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3110798433 |
Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods many of them refer to spaces: cities, landscapes, sanctuaries, houses, cosmic elements. They reflect mental maps which need to be explored in order to gain new knowledge on both the structure of the pantheons and the human agency in the cultic dimension. By considering the intersection between naming and mapping, this book opens up new perspectives on how tradition and innovation, appropriation and creation play a role in the making of polytheistic and monotheistic religions. Far from being confined to sanctuaries, in fact, gods dwell in human environments in multiple ways. They move into imaginary spaces and explore the cosmos. By proposing a new and interdiciplinary angle of approach, which involves texts, images, spatial and archeaeological data, this book sheds light on ritual practices and representations of gods in the whole Mediterranean, from Italy to Mesopotamia, from Greece to North Africa and Egypt. Names and spaces enable to better define, differentiate, and connect gods.
Author | : Emily Mackil |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2020-12-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004442545 |
Greek Epigraphy and Religion explores the insights provided by inscribed texts into the religious practices of the ancient Greek world. The papers study material ranging geographically from Epiros to Egypt and chronologically from the Classical to the Roman period.
Author | : Irene Berti |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 3110533367 |
This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.
Author | : Alaya Palamidis, Corinne Bonnet, Julie Bernini, Enrique Nieto Izquierdo, Lorena Pérez Yarza |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 1167 |
Release | : 2024-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3111327566 |