The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions

Herausgeber: Bonnet, Corinne / Übersetzer: Häussler, Ralph

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Produktbeschreibung

"From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre to Babylon, the names of the gods reveal their fields of competence and action. Through the study of divine names, the twelve chapters of this book unfold a gallery of portraits that reveal the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 158mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9781009394826
• ISBN-10: 1009394827
• Artikelnr.: 69077914

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. In the mirror of Vertumnus; 1. 'To the Immortals everything
is possible': portraits of Homeric gods between savagery and empathy
Corinne Bonnet; 2. All sides of the moon: a Greek incantation from late
antique Egypt Thomas Galoppin; 3. 'May the Force be with you!'. Men and
gods in battle in the Phoenician world Maria Bianco; 4. Dionysos in the
mirror of Poseidon: crossed onomastic portraits Sylvain Lebreton; 5. Lord
of the Universe, the World and Eternity: Gods with unlimited powers in
Palmyra? Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider; 6. This is not a name: the
polyvalence of divine names in Mesopotamia Marinella Ceravolo; 7. The sword
and the patera: Zeus Helios Great Sarapis Laurent Bricault; 8. A travelling
portrait: the Baal of Tyre, from one rock to another Elodie Guillon; 9.
Pantheus, a 'total' god in the Greek and Roman world Ginevra Benedetti; 10.
'I will be who I will be' (Exod. 3:14). Portrait of a deity that would be
nameless and imageless Fabio Porzia; 11. Golden locks among the Greeks, or
the hair secrets of the beautiful Apollo Adeline Grand-Clément; 12. Athena
- Artemis. An attempt to outline two sisters by their epiclesis Pierre
Brulé.