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Author | : Margarete Bieber |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 1968-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606064266 |
This book examines a statue of the Roman mother goddess Cybele in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The author discusses the style and iconography of the statue and proposes ultimately that it is a divine likeness of Livia, wife of the first Roman emperor Augustus.
Author | : Philippe Borgeaud |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2004-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080187985X |
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.
Author | : Juliet Marillier |
Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2008-09-09 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0375891439 |
FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers. It’s the only remnant of a lost, pagan cult. But no sooner have they arrived when it becomes clear they may be playing at a dangerous game. A colleague and friend of Paula’s father is found murdered. There are rumors of Cybele’s cult reviving within the very walls of Istanbul. And most telling of all, signs have begun to appear to Paula, urging her to unlock Cybele’s secret. Meanwhile, Paula doesn’t know who she can trust in Istanbul, and finds herself drawn to two very different men. As time begins to run out, Paula realizes they may all be tied up in the destiny of Cybele’s Gift, and she must solve the puzzle before unknown but deadly enemies catch up to her. . . .
Author | : Eugene N. Lane |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2015-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004295887 |
This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Peninsula. It combines the work of established scholars with that of young researchers in the field, and represents a truly international perspective. The reader will find treatment inter alia of Cybele's emasculated priests, the Galli; the dissemination of Cybele-cult through the harbour city, Miletus; the cult of Cybele in Ephesus; the rock-cut sanctuary of Cybele at Akrai in Sicily; the competition between the Cybele-cult and Christianity; and the role of Attis in Neo-Platonic philosophy.
Author | : Maarten Jozef Vermaseren |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Attis |
ISBN | : 9780500250549 |
Author | : Brent Nongbri |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2018-08-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0300240988 |
A provocative book from a highly original scholar, challenging much of what we know about early Christian manuscripts In this bold and groundbreaking book, Brent Nongbri provides an up-to-date introduction to the major collections of early Christian manuscripts and demonstrates that much of what we thought we knew about these books and fragments is mistaken. While biblical scholars have expended much effort in their study of the texts contained within our earliest Christian manuscripts, there has been a surprising lack of interest in thinking about these books as material objects with individual, unique histories. We have too often ignored the ways that the antiquities market obscures our knowledge of the origins of these manuscripts. Through painstaking archival research and detailed studies of our most important collections of early Christian manuscripts, Nongbri vividly shows how the earliest Christian books are more than just carriers of texts or samples of handwriting. They are three-dimensional archaeological artifacts with fascinating stories to tell, if we’re willing to listen.
Author | : Lynn E. Roller |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1999-07-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520210247 |
This is the first thorough account of the nature and the spread of the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother, and the first to present her worship soberly as a religion rather than sensationally as an orgiastic celebration of self-castrated priest-attendants.
Author | : Nancy Lorraine Thompson |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art, Roman |
ISBN | : 1588392228 |
A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.
Author | : Brian Madigan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2012-11-23 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9004227237 |
This study examines the visual and textual evidence for free-standing images of gods which functioned ceremonially in order to determine the distinct formats, the defining characteristics, and in which ceremony or ceremonies each type functioned.
Author | : Rosemary Barrow |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2018-10-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1108583865 |
Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture offers incisive analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, art history and other related fields. The book raises important questions about ancient sculpture and the contrasting responses that the individual works can be shown to evoke. Rosemary Barrow gives close attention to both original context and modern experience, while directly addressing the question of continuity in gender and body issues from antiquity to the early modern period through a discussion of the sculpture of Bernini. Accessible and fully illustrated, her book features new translations of ancient sources and a glossary of Greek and Latin terms. It will be an invaluable resource and focus for debate for a wide range of readers interested in ancient art, gender and sexuality in antiquity, and art history and gender and body studies more broadly.