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Russell, D. A.
PLUTARCH
Very light shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ spine sunned. DJ is price-clipped. ; More perhaps than any other single writer, Plutarch has been responsible for transmitting to Europe the central historical and moral traditions of classical antiquity. His books have been a formative influence in western civilisation; they retain a direct appeal to which it is easy to respond. Mestrius Plutarchus (ca. 46- 127) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist. Born in the small town of Chaeronea, in the Greek region known as Boeotia, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius, Plutarch travelled widely in the Mediterranean world, including twice to Rome. Due to his parents' wealth, after 67, Plutarchus was able to study philosophy, rhetoric, and mathematics at the Academy of Athens. He had a number of influential friends, including Soscius Senecio and Fundanus, both important Senators, to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. He lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and was initiated into the mysteries of the Greek god Apollo. However, his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi (where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries of the Pythia or priestess/oracle) apparently occupied little of his time - he led an active social and civic life and produced an incredible body of writing, much of which is still extant. ; Classical Life and Letters; 183 pages
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Rutkowski, Bogdan
THE CULT PLACES OF THE AEGEAN
Faint yellowing to DJ. Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 10.6 X 7.9 X 1.0 inches; 264 pages
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Ruyt, Franz De
CHARUN Démon Étrusque De La Mort
Light discoloration to spine. Very light chipping to wraps at extremities. Minor shelfwear. ; 58 plates. ; Études De Philologie, D'Archéologie Et D'Histoire Ancieenes. Institut Historique Belge De Rome. ; 305 pages
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Rösing, Ina
DIE HEIDNISCHEN KATHOLIKEN UND DAS VATERUNSER IM RÜCKWÄRTSGANG Zum Verhältnis Von Christentum Und Andenreligion
Schriften der Philosophisch-historischen Klasse der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 21. 95pp.; Schriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften 21; 95 pages
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Rüpke, Jörg
FESTRITUALE IN DER ROMISCHEN KAISERZEIT
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Faint foxing to front wrap. ; Studien Und Texte Zu Antike Und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 48; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches; 228 pages
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Rüpke, Jörg & (translated and edited by Richard Gordon)
THE RELIGION OF THE ROMANS
Very light shelfwear. ; 350 pages; The gods were the true heroes of Rome. In this major new contribution to our understanding of ancient history, Jörg Rüpke guides the reader through the fascinating world of Roman religion, describing its unique characteristics and bringing its peculiarities into stark relief. Rüpke gives a thorough and engaging account of the multiplicity of cults worshipped by peasant and aristocrat alike, the many varied rites and rituals daily observed, and the sacrifices and offerings regularly brought to these immortals by the population of Ancient Rome and its imperial colonies.
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S. H. HOOKE.
Ortadogu mitolojisi. Mezopotamya, Misir, Filistin, Hitit, Musevi, Hiristiyan mitoslari. Translated by Alâeddin Senel.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 224 p., b/w ills. Ortadogu mitolojisi. Mezopotamya, Misir, Filistin, Hitit, Musevi, Hiristiyan mitoslari. Translated by Alâeddin Senel. Middle Eastern mythology.
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Sainte-Croix, M. le baron de :
Recherches historiques et critiques sur les mystères du Paganisme. Seconde édition, revue et corrigée par M. le Baron Sylvestre de Sacy.
Paris, De Bure Frères, 1817, deux tomes in-8, broché, LXVIII-472 pages ; (2) feuillets, 111 pages, 349 pages, 2 grandes planches dépliantes.
Bookseller reference : 713
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San Nicolò, Mariano
ÄGYPTISCHES VEREINSWESEN ZUR ZEIT DER PTOLEMÄER UND RÖMER Zweiter Teil: Vereinswesen Und Vereinsrecht
Minor scuffing to rear wrap. Creasing to 2 corners of wraps. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). ; Münchener Beiträge Zur Papyrusforschung Und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte. 2. Heft II. Teil; Vol. 2; 222 pages
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San Nicolò, Mariano
ÄGYPTISCHES VEREINSWESEN ZUR ZEIT DER PTOLEMÄER UND RÖMER Erster Band
Book appears to have been rebound in full leather binding with gilt lettering and designs to spine. All edges gilt. Small bits of paper have adhered to front board. Cracks forming along front joint of spine. Rubbing along joints. Gift inscription from author to titlepage in ink. Scholars' bookplate to ffep (Slater & Dunbabin) and to inner cover (Herbert J. Liebesny). ; Münchener Beiträge Zur Papyrusforschung Und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte. 2. Heft II. Teil; Vol. 1; 225 pages; Signed by Author
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Sartori, Antonio
DEDICANTI E CULTORES NELLE RELIGIONI CELTICHE VIII Workshop F. E. R. C. A. N. Gargano Del Garda (9-12 Maggio 2007)
Papers in English, German, Italian with 1 paper in Spanish and in French; Quaderni Di Acme 104; 433 pages
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Sauneron, Serge & (translated by Ann Morrissett)
THE PRIESTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
A complete portrait of the complexity of life in Ancient Egypt,. Tombs and temples; towns, pyramids, and hieroglyphics; philosophy; festivals and ritual is fully discussed and evaluated. ; Evergreen Profile Book 12; 192 pages
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Schachermeyr, Fritz
RELIGIONSPOLITIK UND RELIGIOSITÄT BEI PERIKLES Voruntersuchungen Zu Einer Monographie Über Perikles Und Seine Zeit
Minor shelfwear. ; Text is in German. ; Sitzungsberichte Der Österreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 258. Band, 3.; 89 pages
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Schaefer, Herbert
DIE LAUBHÜTTE Ein Beitrag Zur Kultur- Und Religionsgeschichte Griechenlands Und Italiens
Light pencilling. Title written to spine in black marker. ; 70 pages
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Schefold, Karl
DIE GÖTTERSAGE IN DER KLASSISCHEN UND HELLENISTISCHEN KUNST Unter Mitarbeit Von Franz Jung
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Includes plain slipcase. ; 391 pages
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Scheid, John (Ed. )
RITES ET CROYANCES DANS LES RELIGIONS DU MONDE ROMAIN Huit Exposés Suivis De Discussions Par Bonnet, Corinne/ Scheid, John/ Belayche, Nicole/ Dillon, John M. / Marco Simón, Francisco/ Borgeaud, Philippe/ Stökl Ben Ezra, Daniel/ Kellens, Jean
Entretiens Sur L'antiquite Classique De La Fondation Hardt; 329 pages
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Schelp, Jochen
DAS KANOUN, DER GRIECHISCHE OPFERKORB
Upper corner creased. Mild crease through pages. ; Beiträge Zur Archäologie 8; 95 pages
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Schowalter, Daniel N.
THE EMPEROR AND THE GODS Images from the Time of Trajan
Very minor shelfwear else fine. ; Contents: Pliny and the Panegyricus in Scholarly Context; The Senatorial Perspective in the Panegyricus; The Relationship between the Emperor and the Gods in the Panegyricus; Other Images of the Relationship between Trajan and the Gods. ; Harvard Dissertations in Religion 28; 164 pages
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Schuré (Edouard, 1841-1929) :
Druidesse (La), précédée d'une étude sur le réveil de l'Ame celtique.
Paris, Perrin, 1914 ; in-16, broché ; (8), 242, (2) pp., couverture jaune paille.
Bookseller reference : 15100
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Scott, Russell T.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE HISTORIES OF TACITUS
Tanning to endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket has about 4-5 tears - 2 of them are open tears (~1cm each). Browning to DJ. ; Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume XXII [Vol. 22]; Vol. 22; 139 pages
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Scott, Russell T.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE HISTORIES OF TACITUS
Tanning to endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket has 1 small tears - (~1cm). Browning to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Minor bump to base of spine. ; Looks at the question of the influence of religion and philosophy on the Imperial historian. ; Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume XXII [Vol. 22]; Vol. 22; 139 pages
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Scranton, Robert L.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SANCTUARY OF APOLLO HYLATES AT KOURION
Light dampstaining in outer margin and to front wrap, not affecting the text, else VG; 85pp, illustrated. ; Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 57, Part 5, 1985; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 85 pages
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SERDAR AYBEK, AYGÜN EKIN MERIÇ, ALI KAZIM ÖZ.
A mother goddess city in Ionia: Metropolis. An archaeological guide.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In English. 192 p. Color and b/w ills. "Metropolis is a city of the Mother Goddess in Ionia. The classical city of Metropolis is situated 45 km from Izmir and the Aegean coast overlooking the Torbali plain alongside the Izmir - Aydin motorway. In classical times the communication route was the Cayster River (Kucuk Menderes) and Metropolis lay at the mid point between Smyrna and Ephesus. Lying beneath the classical city are Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements - and above the classical city is a Byzantine settlement and fort, also used during the Ottoman period. Metropolis lived its golden era during the Late Hellenistic Period. Altars were erected in honour of Emperor Augustus during Roman Imperial Period. It became a bishopric in the Age of Byzantine Empire. Its people governed the city from its acropolis, worshipped gods, wandered and shopped in its stoa, decided on city in bouleuterion, enjoyed plays in its theatre. Now archaeologists are excavating where Metropolis once built, tracking past civilizations authoring the story of humanity reaching our days from centuries ago. The site has been excavated for the past 18 years by the Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir under the guidance of Professor Recep Meric. From 2007 Dr Serdar Aybek from The University of Trakya has taken over leadership of the excavation.".
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Showerman, Grant
THE GREAT MOTHER OF THE GODS
Ownership name to ffep. Wraps tattered, browned and smudged, a few pencil notes. ; Diss. Wisconsin, 1900. Pp 221-329, a few plates. A study of religious beliefs in ancient Rome and the genesis of the Great Mother goddess cult during the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (535-496 BC. ) ; Diss. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin No. 43. Philology and Literature Series, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1901; 108 pages
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Shumate, Nancy
CRISIS AND CONVERSION IN APULEIUS' METAMORPHOSES
1 corner lightly bumped. Light soiling to textblock. Light crease and edgewear along top edge of DJ. ; 368 pages; Apuleius' wonderful Latin novel Metamorphoses, written in the second century C. E. , was for a long time neglected. In recent years some have attempted to understand the Metamorphoses by applying contemporary critical theory to the work, without notable success. In Crisis and Conversion in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses" Nancy Shumate takes a new and profitable approach: she uses an epistemologically oriented model of religious conversion to study the experiences of the novel's central character, Lucius, who is turned into an ass and back again. Shumate draws on a wide range of literary and nonliterary representations of conversion in order to establish a useful theoretical framework. The Metamorphoses is exposed as a text anticipating later narratives in its concern with world-building, with the narrator's subjective reality, and with the invocation and critique of religious experience. Crisis and Conversion in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses" will be of interest to classicists and scholars of Silver Latin and of the increasingly popular ancient novel, as well as to students of psychology and the sociology of religious experience.
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Simon (Hippolyte)
Vers une France païenne ?
Paris Cana 1999 Un volume in-8 dos collé, couverture blanche imprimée, 222 pages. Très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 12094
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Simon, Erika
DIE GEBURT DER APHRODITE
Scholar's name to inner cover (Cedric Boulter). Dustsoiling to top of textblock. Light yellowing to DJ and edgewear. ; 116 pages
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Simon, Erika
DIE GRIECHISCHEN VASEN Aufnahmen Von Max Und Albert Hirmer
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Ffep is creased. DJ has a 3 tears and some edgewear. Slipcase is present and intact. ; 3. Aufl. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 172 pages
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Simon, Erika
DIE GÖTTER DER RÖMER
Very light shelfwear to DJ. ; 26 römische Gottheiten sind in diesem Band jeweils in einem eigenen Kapitel behandelt: 12 weibliche und 14 männliche darunter so bekannte wie Jupiter, Juno und Minerva, aber auch weniger prominente wie Mater Matuta, Silvanus und Veiovis; 319 pages
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Simon, Erika
FESTIVALS OF ATTICA An Archaeological Commentary
DJ has edgewear to extremities. DJ has 2 closed tears (1 cm). ; Wisconsin Studies in Classics; 122 pages; The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika Simon sets out here to explicate those complex and often obscure festivals. By careful marshaling of a variety of proofs from literary, historical, and archaeological sources, she is able to justify some startling conclusions and achieve a comprehensive and truly original synthesis that clarifies, as never before, the probable origins and meanings of the Attic cults.
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SINASI GÜNDÜZ.
Anadolu'da paganizm. Antik dönemde Harran ve Urfa.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 144 p., b/w ills. Anadolu'da paganizm. Antik dönemde Harran ve Urfa. Paganism in Anatolia. Urfa and Harran in the Ancient Period.
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SINASI GÜNDÜZ.
Son Gnostikler Sâbiîler; Inanç esaslari ve ibadetleri.
Fine English Paperback., Fine., 20 x 14 cm., [x], [8], 213 p., b/w ills., "Son Gnostikler Sâbiîler; Inanç esaslari ve ibadetleri.", Sinasi Gündüz, Vadi Yayinlari, Ank., 1995. A study on Sabians. The Sabians of Middle Eastern tradition were a religious group mentioned three times in the Quran as a people of the Book, "the Jews, the Sabians, and the Christians". In the ahadith, they were described merely as converts to Islam in the period of Abbasi caliph, but interest in the identity and history of the group increased over time, and discussions and investigations about the Sabians began to appear in later Islamic literature.
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Singer, Itamar
MUWATALLI'S PRAYER TO THE ASSEMBLY OF GODS THROUGH STORM-GOD OF LIGHTNING (CTH 381)
Curling to foredges of wraps. Else minor shelfwear. ; American Schools of Oriental Research; 193 pages
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Sinn, Ulrich
OLYMPIA Cult, Sport and Ancient Festival
Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches; 149 pages
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Sioumpara, Elisavet P.
DER ASKLEPIOS-TEMPEL VON MESSENE AUF DER PELOPONNES Untersuchungen Zur Hellenistischen Tempelarchitektur
Ca. 294 Seiten, ca. 122 Abbildungen mit zahlreichen Tabellen, 52 Tafeln, davon 8 Falttafeln, 1 Beilage. ; Athenaia Band 1; 294 pages; Das Deutsche Archäologische Institut Athen hat mit den Athenaia eine neue Schriftenreihe ins Leben gerufen, die in moderner Gestaltungsform das Publikationsspektrum der Abteilung ergänzen will. Im Fokus des Interesses stehen die Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Griechenlands von der Vorgeschichte bis zur Spätantike. Die Athenaia verstehen sich auch als Medium für Tagungs- und Kongressberichte, die in der Folge verstärkt erscheinen werden.
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SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER, F.R.S., F.B.A.
The Golden Bough: A study in magic and religion.
Very Good English Original dark red cloth. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In English. [xiv], 752 p. I Volume Abridged Edition. The Golden Bough: A study in magic and religion.
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Sissa, Giulia & Marcel Detienne; Lloyd, Janet
THE DAILY LIFE OF THE GREEK GODS
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Despite the rousing stories of male heroism in battles, the Trojan War transcended the activities of its human participants. For Homer, it was the gods who conducted and accounted for what happened. In the first part of this book, the authors find in Homer s Iliad material for exploring the everyday life of the Greek gods: what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led both in Olympus and in the human world. The gods are divided in their human nature: at once a fantasized model of infinite joys and an edifying example of engagement in the world, they have loves, festivities, and quarrels. In the second part, the authors show how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods and those who would become the Olympians, inviting them to reside with humans organized in cities. At the heart of rituals and of social life, the gods were omnipresent: in sacrifices, at meals, in political assemblies, in war, in sexuality. In brief, the authors show how the gods were indispensable to the everyday social organization of Greek cities. ; Mestizo Spaces; 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.56 Inches; 287 pages
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Sissa, Giulia & Marcel Detienne; Lloyd, Janet
THE DAILY LIFE OF THE GREEK GODS
Light Foxing to textblock. ; Despite the rousing stories of male heroism in battles, the Trojan War transcended the activities of its human participants. For Homer, it was the gods who conducted and accounted for what happened. In the first part of this book, the authors find in Homer s Iliad material for exploring the everyday life of the Greek gods: what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led both in Olympus and in the human world. The gods are divided in their human nature: at once a fantasized model of infinite joys and an edifying example of engagement in the world, they have loves, festivities, and quarrels. In the second part, the authors show how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods and those who would become the Olympians, inviting them to reside with humans organized in cities. At the heart of rituals and of social life, the gods were omnipresent: in sacrifices, at meals, in political assemblies, in war, in sexuality. In brief, the authors show how the gods were indispensable to the everyday social organization of Greek cities. ; Mestizo Spaces; 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.56 Inches; 287 pages
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Sjœstedt, Marie-Louise :
Dieux et héros des Celtes.
Paris, PUF, 1940, in-12, broché, XX-130 pages.
Bookseller reference : 1123
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Slatkin, Laura M.
THE POWER OF THETIS And Selected Essays
Laura Slatkin's influential and widely admired book, here published in a second edition together with six additional essays, explores the superficially minor role of Thetis in the Iliad. Highly charged allusions reverberate through the narrative and establish a constellation of themes that link the poem to other traditions. Slatkin uncovers alternative traditions about the power of Thetis and shows how an awareness of those myths brings a far greater understanding of Thetis's place in the thematic structure of the Iliad. The six additional essays included in this volume--some of them classics, some never before published--cover a broad range of topics in the study of the Greek Epic: the workings of genre in Hesiod and Homer; the poetics of exchange; and the nature of enmity and friendship. The volume also includes a study of the Hesiodic Catalog of Women and reflections on particular heroes, such as Diomedes and Odysseus. ; Hellenic Studies 16; 238 pages
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Small, Alastair
SUBJECT AND RULER The Cult of the Ruling Power in Classical Antiquity. Papers Presented At a Conference Held in the University of Alberta on April 13-15,1994, to Celebrate the 65th Anniversary of Duncan Fishwick
Contents: Alexander the Great between two thrones and heaven / E. Badian Hellenistische Könige, zwischen griechische Vorstellungen vom Königtum und Vorstellungen ihrer einheimischen Untertanen / Peter Herz Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias in the late Republic and under the Julio-Claudian emperors / Joyce Reynolds La promotion du sujet par le culte du souverain / Robert Turcan Caligula's cult / C. J. Simpson Die Ikonographie des Genius Augusti im Kompital- und Hauskult der frühen Kaiserzeit / Heidi Hänlein Schäfer The imperial cult building in the Forum at Pompeii / John Dobbins The shrine of the imperial family in the Macellum at Pompeii / Alastair Small ; with an appendix The headgear of the female statue /? By Maria Kozakiewicz Cult and celt, indigenous participation in emperor worship in Central Spain /? Leonard A. Curchin Du nouveau sur les débuts du culte impérial municipal dans la Péninsule Ibérique / Robert Etienne Four temples at Tarraco / Duncan Fishwick The politics and architecture of the Athenian imperial cult / Michael Hoff Evidence for the imperial cult in Julio-Claudian Corinth / Mary E. Hoskins-Walbank Les empereurs romains versus Isis, Sérapis / Tran tam Tinh Les représentations des impératrices romaines "En Euthénia" sur les monnaies d'Alexandrie / Marie-Odile Jentel Alexander in Islam / Earle Waugh Subject and ruler, subjects and methods : an attempt at a conclusion /? Géza Alföldy. ; Journal Of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series #17; 11.1 X 8.6 X 0.9 inches; 264 pages
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Small, Alastair
SUBJECT AND RULER The Cult of the Ruling Power in Classical Antiquity. Papers Presented At a Conference Held in the University of Alberta on April 13-15,1994, to Celebrate the 65th Anniversary of Duncan Fishwick
Contents: Alexander the Great between two thrones and heaven / E. Badian Hellenistische Könige, zwischen griechische Vorstellungen vom Königtum und Vorstellungen ihrer einheimischen Untertanen / Peter Herz Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias in the late Republic and under the Julio-Claudian emperors / Joyce Reynolds La promotion du sujet par le culte du souverain / Robert Turcan Caligula's cult / C. J. Simpson Die Ikonographie des Genius Augusti im Kompital- und Hauskult der frühen Kaiserzeit / Heidi Hänlein Schäfer The imperial cult building in the Forum at Pompeii / John Dobbins The shrine of the imperial family in the Macellum at Pompeii / Alastair Small ; with an appendix The headgear of the female statue /? By Maria Kozakiewicz Cult and celt, indigenous participation in emperor worship in Central Spain /? Leonard A. Curchin Du nouveau sur les débuts du culte impérial municipal dans la Péninsule Ibérique / Robert Etienne Four temples at Tarraco / Duncan Fishwick The politics and architecture of the Athenian imperial cult / Michael Hoff Evidence for the imperial cult in Julio-Claudian Corinth / Mary E. Hoskins-Walbank Les empereurs romains versus Isis, Sérapis / Tran tam Tinh Les représentations des impératrices romaines "En Euthénia" sur les monnaies d'Alexandrie / Marie-Odile Jentel Alexander in Islam / Earle Waugh Subject and ruler, subjects and methods : an attempt at a conclusion /? Géza Alföldy. ; Journal Of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series #17; 11.1 X 8.6 X 0.9 inches; 264 pages
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Smith, Amy C. & Sadie Pickup (Eds. )
BRILL'S COMPANION TO APHRODITE
Slight colour fading to part of rear panel. ; Brill's Companions To Classical Studies; 9.7 X 6.5 X 1.2 inches; 454 pages
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Smith, John Holland
THE DEATH OF CLASSICAL PAGANISM
Shelfwear book and dustjacket. Rounding to top of spine. Light pencil underlining on a few pages. ; It is a study of the Roman world in the first five centuries after Christ, and it tells the story of the historically improbable oddity of how a religious cult centered on an obscure construction worker living in the backwaters of a great Empire supplants the sophisticated Classical European religious worldview that had been embraced for thousands of years. Of particular interest to me was the story of Julian the Apostate, the last Roman emperor to openly embrace paganism. The author generously devotes an entire chapter to this remarkable personage. Although Julian was a nephew of Emperor Constantine and was raised as a Christian, he renounced the "new" religion when he became an adult and embraced the gods of his fathers. Because Julian ruled the Empire for a scant three years, he had insufficient time to turn back the tide of religious history, and we are left to wonder how things might have been different if he had ruled for 30 years instead. The author's sympathetic portrayal of this little-known Emperor lent a touching air of wistfulness to the sad story of the clash of Christianity with Paganism. ; 280 pages
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Solmsen, Friedrich
ISIS AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
Book has minor shelfwear. Old price sticker residue on ffep else unmarked. Dustjacket is a bit tatty with chipping and some small tears. ; Martin Classical Lectures 25; 157 pages
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Solomon, Jon (Ed. )
APOLLO Origins and Influence
Some Foxing to DJ flaps and textblock and boards. A bit of colour loss along top edge of boards. ; This volume gathers diverse views of Apollo's origins and his far-reaching influences. It provides a fresh, multifaceted portrait of Apollo through essays that explore such topics as the etymology of his name, his association with religious cults and sacred groves, his appearances in Greco-Roman literature, and his iconography in the visual arts. Also included are bibliographies of ancient and modern sources. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 190 pages
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Solomon, Jon (Ed. )
APOLLO Origins and Influence
Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Slight soiling to DJ. DJ has a few small tears and creasing. ; This volume gathers diverse views of Apollo's origins and his far-reaching influences. It provides a fresh, multifaceted portrait of Apollo through essays that explore such topics as the etymology of his name, his association with religious cults and sacred groves, his appearances in Greco-Roman literature, and his iconography in the visual arts. Also included are bibliographies of ancient and modern sources. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 190 pages
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Son Eminence Le Cardinal Wiseman Archevêque De Westminster
Fabiola Ou L'Eglise Des Catacombes
Tours, Alfred Mame Et Fils ,Editeurs - 1886 - Traduits de L'Anglais par Richard Viot et précédé d'une introduction de Léon Gautier - 399 pages - Tables in finé - Illustrations dans le texte et en 10 grande compositions, nombreuses gravures d'après les monuments antiques. Paganisme et Christianisme - Volume in quarto, cartonnage de l'éditeur pleine percaline ,intérieur assez frais ,quelques rousseurs ,Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : Fab1886
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Sourvinou-Inwood, Christiane
"READING" GREEK DEATH To the End of the Classical Period
DJ Spine is sunned and very discolored. Very light shelfwear to book. ; This book offers a series of in-depth studies of the beliefs, attitudes, and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece, from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. Drawing on a wide range of evidence--from literary texts, to inscriptions, to images in art--Sourvinou-Inwood sheds light on many key, still problematic, aspects of Greek life, myth, and literature. She also looks at the problem of "reading" this material within the context of our own culturally-determined beliefs. ; 512 pages
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Sourvinou-Inwood, Christiane (Ed. )
HYLAS, THE NYMPHS, DIONYSOS AND OTHERS Myth, Ritual, Ethnicity
Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Series in 8°, XIX; 421 pages; The focus of this book is the reconstruction of the mythicoritual nexus in Kios in Mysia through the in-depth investigation of the evidence (surviving in accounts by, and so shaped by the filters of, outsiders) and also of other issues implicated in its Problematik: ethnicity, cultural and religious interactions between Greeks and non-Greeks, colonial discourses (with special emphasis on the foundation mythopea of Kios’ mother city, Miletos) , the nature and functions of the Nymphs, the different personalities of Dionysos, advent festivals, certain problematic categories of cult recipients. Hylas’ myth and ritual had been constructed, through complex interactions between several mythicoritual schemata and included also elements that appear in non-Greek nexuses located in the area of Kios. The myth was both a foundation myth constructing cultural continuity with the heroic age and an immortalization myth: a Greek youth was abducted by Nymphs and became a diety rooted to the landscape and symbolically rooting the colony to the land; it established a poliouchos figure unique to Kios, connected Herakles with the city’s foundation, and articulated a relationship of cooperation and integration between Greeks and Non-Greeks. A ritual celebrated Hylas’ advent and commemorated the events that had led to Kios’ foundation, articulating a cooperative relationship between Greeks and locals.
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