Greek religion and cults in the Black Sea region: goddesses in the Bosporan Kingdom from the Archaic period to the Byzantine era

This is the first integrated study of Greek religion and cults of the Black Sea region, centred upon the Bosporan Kingdom of its northern shores, but with connections and consequences for Greece and much of the Mediterranean world. David Braund explains the cohesive function of key goddesses (Aphrod...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braund, David 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
Subjects:
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316856581
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316856581
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316856581
Summary:This is the first integrated study of Greek religion and cults of the Black Sea region, centred upon the Bosporan Kingdom of its northern shores, but with connections and consequences for Greece and much of the Mediterranean world. David Braund explains the cohesive function of key goddesses (Aphrodite Ourania, Artemis Ephesia, Taurian Parthenos, Isis) as it develops from archaic colonization through Athenian imperialism, the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire in the East down to the Byzantine era. There is a wealth of new and unfamiliar data on all these deities, with multiple consequences for other areas and cults, such as Diana at Aricia, Orthia in Sparta, Argos' irrigation from Egypt, Athens' Aphrodite Ourania and Artemis Tauropolos and more. Greek religion is shown as key to the internal workings of the Bosporan Kingdom, its sense of its landscape and origins and its shifting relationships with the rest of its world
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2018)
Aims, contexts, and connectivity -- Crimean Parthenos, Artemis Tauropolos, and human sacrifice -- Crimean Parthenos in Greece, Anatolia, and the Mediterranean world -- Artemis of Ephesus in the Bosporan Kingdom -- Bosporan Isis -- The Mistress of Apatouron: Aphrodite Ourania and the Bosporan Apatouria -- Artemis, Aphrodite and Demeter
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 314 Seiten)
ISBN:9781316856581
DOI:10.1017/9781316856581

Order via interlibrary loan Read online (BSB)

Library Card of Bavarian State Library (BSB) necessary.