Hugh Bowden

Mystery Cults in the Ancient World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 125mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780500297278
• ISBN-10: 0500297274
• Artikelnr.: 67608476

Autorenporträt

Hugh Bowden is Professor of Ancient History and Head of Arts at King¿s College London¿s Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Among his other books are Classical Athens and the Delphic Oracle: Divination and Democracy and Herakles and Hercules.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Eleusinian Mysteries
2. The Mysteries of the Kabeiroi and the Great Gods of Samothrace
3. Other Mystery Sanctuaries in the Greek World
4. The Mother of the Gods
5. Dionysus
6. Private Initiation
7. Words Written on Gold
8. Isis
9. Mithras
10. The End of the Mysteries
11. Encountering the Sacred
Map of Mediterranean and Near East