Roman religion and mythology Books
Ebury Publishing Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men
Book SynopsisMara Gold is currently completing a DPhil in Classical Languages and Literature at St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford. Mara specialises in women's classical reception and scholarship, in relation to modern concepts of gender, sexuality and feminism. This is her first book.
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Wooden Books Pantheon: Gods and Goddesses of the Greco-Roman
Book SynopsisHow many Muses are there? Who were the original twelve Titans? Why is Zeus (Jupiter) associated with power stations, and Poseidon (Neptune) with salt-cellars? Who were Aphrodite's (Venus') handmaidens? In this beautiful little book, packed with helpful details and rare early illustrations, picture-researcher Philippa Lewis reveals the fabulous deities of the Classical world, their colourful characters, memorable stories and visual attributes, showing how the immortals live on even today.Trade ReviewWooden Books are: "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
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Penguin Books Ltd 300000 Kisses
Book SynopsisSteeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there''s a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first time, forty of the most exhilarating queer tales in the classical canon and bring them newly to life. A ground-breaking anthology that changes the way we see the ancient world - and invites us to reflect on the puritanism of our own - 300,000 Kisses is a riotous celebration of desire in all its forms.Trade ReviewThis lithe, rich anthology of stunning poetry and beguiling stories of queer love from the ancient world pulses with desire, lust, loss and seduction... Scintillating... An essential addition to any library -- Uli Lenart * Attitude magazine *
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Anness Publishing Life in Ancient Rome
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Amberley Publishing In Search of Aeneas
Book SynopsisThe epic story of Aeneas takes place at the time of the fall of Troy and the rise of Rome, but was Aeneas in fact a real person? In Search of Aeneas opens a fresh window onto the ancient world for all students of general history.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Roman Legends Brought to Life
Book SynopsisAn entertaining romp through the myths of Ancient Rome, retold by Robert Garland.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology
Book SynopsisAn outstanding distillation of Grimal's classic reference, this extensively cross-referenced work offers clear and concise entries that capture the essence of Greek and Roman mythology.
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Amber Books Ltd Roman Myths: Gods, Heroes, Villains and Legends
Book SynopsisIn ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this is in day-to-day speech, the 18th century art on display at the Louvre, or the works of William Shakespeare. The Roman tendency to accept their mythology as part of history creates a degree of uncertainty around the historical basis of the figures featured in these legendary tales. Truth, fiction, or both, the significance of mythology to this people is palpable. From Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome to Lucretia and the Republic; from Livy and the Dii Consentes to Virgil’s Aeneid; from Dis Pater in the underworld to Jupiter, god of the sky. Illustrated with 180 colour and black-and-white photographs, artworks, and maps, Roman Myths is an engaging and informative book, offering an introduction to Roman mythology, its roots, and its ongoing importance.Table of ContentsIntroduction Roman mythology before Greek influence and how Roman mythology built on the Greek pantheon. 1: The History and Mythology of Rome Aeneas – (Virgil’s Aenid) a hero of the Trojan War and Anchises and Venus’ son, he led Trojan refugees to Italy at the end of the war to become the founder of the Roman culture. Romulus and Remus (400BC) – the children of Rhea Silvia and Mars, the twin brothers and demi-gods are known for being the founders of Rome. Abandoned at birth because of a prophecy that told of them overthrowing their great-uncle Amulius, they were brought up by a she-wolf and then the shepherd Faustulus. Eventually they killed Amulius, established Rome and reinstated Numitor (Silvia’s father) in power. However, Romulus ended up killing Remus, which was later taken to represent a history of political dispute in Rome. 2: The Primary Deities Archaic Triad – Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus Capitoline Triad – Jupiter, Juno, Minerva Plebian/Aventine Triad – Ceres, Liber, Libera The Dii Consentes – the twelve major deities of the Ancient Roman pantheon; Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, Apollo. Greek influence (Greek gods compared with their Roman counterparts) – the development of Roman mythology from spirits to the pantheon; Roman people originally worshipped numina as gods and goddesses, but they had few distinctive qualities; e.g. Janus, god of doorways and archways and Terminus, god of boundaries. Being inspired by the Greek deities, they started to adapt their gods into Greek equivalents, giving them different names; Aphrodite became Venus, Cronus became Saturn etc. Cybele was known as Magna Mater (‘Great Mother’). The Roman state adopted and developed a particular form of her cult after the Sibylline oracle recommended her conscription as a key religious ally in Rome’s second war against Carthage. Roman mythographers reinvented her as a Trojan goddess, and thus an ancestral goddess of the Roman people by way of the Trojan prince Aeneas. With Rome’s eventual hegemony over the Mediterranean world, Romanized forms of Cybele's cults spread throughout the Roman Empire. The meaning and morality of her cults and priesthoods were topics of debate and dispute in Greek and Roman literature, and remain so in modern scholarship. 3: Lesser Deities & Magical Beings Along with the Dii Consentes, eight additional gods and goddesses made up the Dii Selecti. All aspects of daily life and state endeavour were governed by these or a host of lesser gods, and other supernatural beings also feature in Roman mythology. These include monsters, magical creatures and semi-divine heroes. 4: Roman Writings Ovid’s Metamorphoses – a collection of Near Eastern and Greek myths that the Romans had adopted, documenting from creation to the pinnacle of Julius Caesar’s reign. Ovid’s Fasti – describes Roman myths about the gods according to the festivals in their calendar. 5: The Mundane & the Mythological Rape of the Sabine women – after the founding of Rome by Romulus, there was a dearth of women to populate the city and so he abducted the Sabine women, resulting in a war with the Caeninenses. Horatius at the bridge – Publius Horatius Cocles, an army officer of ancient Rome, defended the Pons Sublicius from the Etruscans during the Roman and Clusium war. Raising the sun – Goddess Angerona is said to have known a spell to raise the sun in midwinter, on December 21st; the shortest day of the year. On that day, the days began to lengthen and spring returned. She also held the secret name of Rome, which would doom the people if she told it. Gaius Mucius Scaevola – a mythical assassin who, when captured, thrust his hand into the fire without showing any pain. His intended victim, Porsena, was shocked at the youth’s bravery, and dismissed him from the Etruscan camp, free to return to Rome, saying ‘Go back, since you do more harm to yourself than me’. At the same time, the king also sent ambassadors to Rome to offer peace. Servius Tullius – was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned 575–535 BC. Several traditions describe Servius’s father as divine. 6. The Legacy of Rome How Roman myths and legends changed throughout the existence of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. Later, how the myths and legends survived after the Fall of the Roman Empire, how they were adapted during the Dark Ages and revived during the Renaissance. Bibliography Index
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Penguin Books Ltd The Mirror of the Gods
Book SynopsisMalcolm Bull is Head of Art History at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St. Edmund Hall.
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University of California Press The Final Pagan Generation
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
Book SynopsisWhat were the twelve labours of Herakles? Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold? What was the name of the guard-dog of the Underworld? Which two-faced Roman god gave his name to the month January? What is the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx? The myths of ancient Greece and Rome are the most dramatic and unforgettable tales of love, war, heroism and betrayal ever told. Whether it's Ikaros flying too close to the sun, Prometheus stealing fire from the gods or the tragedy of Oedipus, their characters have inspired art, literature, plays and films, and constellations named after them fill the night sky. But how much do you really know about them? From the clash of the Titans to the fall of Troy, here are the greatest legends of all time, brilliantly retold by classical scholar Jenny March. All the heroes, monsters, villains, gods and goddesses of classical civilization are included; the epic journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas; the founding of Athens and Rome; the quests of JasoTable of ContentsThe Penguin Book of Classical MythsList of PlatesList of IllustrationsMapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Creation2. The Gods3. The First Humans4. The Quest for the Golden Fleece5. Io and Argos6. Heroes and Monsters7. Herakles8. Theseus, Athens and Crete9. The Theban Saga10. The Trojan War11. Odysseus and his Odyssey12. The House of Pelops13. Dangerous Women14. Aeneas and the Destiny of Rome15. The Foundation of Rome16. Metamorphoses17. Myths of Love and DeathSelect BibliographyIndex
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Duckworth Books Rivals of the Republic Blood of Rome Blood of
Book SynopsisThe gripping, masterfully executed historical thriller set in Ancient RomeTrade Review'Freisenbruch deftly intertwines her plot with the politics of the late republic... and the layers of life, crime and grime in that most fascinating of cities... I look forward to Hortensia’s next adventures' The Times'Stunning… a riveting tale. Highly recommended!' Alison Weir, bestselling author of Katherine of Aragon'Brilliant... an enthralling and convincing imagining of Ancient Rome' Harry Sidebottom, bestselling author of the Throne of the Caesars series'Annelise Freisenbruch's Hortensia is a delight - passionate, articulate, fallible and, better still, inspired by a real woman' Ruth Downie, author of the bestselling Medicus series'An exciting journey' Margaret George, bestselling author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Cornell University Press On Roman Religion
Book SynopsisProvocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire.? Religious Studies ReviewWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the heart of such rituals as praying, dedicating, making vows, and reading. On Roman Religion definitively dismantles previous approaches that depicted religious practice as uniform and static. Juxtaposing very different, strategic, and even subversive forms of individuality with traditions, their normative claims, and their institutional protections, Rüpke highlights the dynamic character of Rome’s religious institutions and traditions.In Rüpke&rTrade ReviewDrawing on the contemporary methodology of 'lived religion,' Rüpke examines a variety of texts, practices, and religious artifacts to discover how Romans individualized their religion. He persuasively demonstrates that religious individuality can be seen in domestic cults, public sanctuaries, and personal visionary experiences.... This is a groundbreaking study by a leading historian of Roman religion. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *A lucid, thought-provoking, and highly persuasive attempt to access 'lived ancient religion.'... The book as a whole is enormously fertile, and really is essential reading for anyone interested in 'Roman religion.' * Reading Religion *Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire. * Religious Studies Review *
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Getty Trust Publications Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient
Book SynopsisDaily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could have a deep personal and spiritual meaning. Roman houses were often filled with images of gods. Gods and goddesses were represented in mythological paintings on walls and in decorative mosaics on floors, in bronze and marble sculptures, on ornate silver dining vessels, and on lowly clay oil lamps that lit dark rooms. Even many modest homes had one or more religious objects that were privately venerated. Ranging from the humble to the magnificent, these small objects could be fashioned in any medium from terracotta to precious metal or stone. Showcasing the collections in the Getty Villa, this book's emphasis on the spiritual beliefs and practices of individuals promises to make the works of Greek and Roman art more accessible to readers. Compelling representations of private religious devotion, these small objects express personal ways of worshiping that are still familiar to us today. A chapter on contemporary domestic worship further enhances the relevance of these miniature sculptures for modern viewers.Trade Review"Household Gods is a splendid publication on several counts. It is elegantly presented and the illustrations (of objects for the most part in the J. Paul Getty Museum) have been chosen with wit and sensitivity. The real strengths, however, lie in the sparkling text, which reflects the latest research in Greek and Roman religion."-Art Newspaper Household Gods is a splendid publication on several counts. It is elegantly presented and the illustrations (of objects for the most part in the J. Paul Getty Museum) have been chosen with witand sensitivity. The real strengths, however, lie in the sparkling text, which reflects the latest research in Greek and Roman religion. Art Newspaper "
£999.99
Bonnier Books Ltd Fulvia
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Oxford University Press Romes Holy Mountain The Capitoline Hill in Late Antiquity Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
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Benediction Classics Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Brill Legendary Rivals: Collegiality and Ambition in the Tales of Early Rome
Book SynopsisIn Legendary Rivals Jaclyn Neel argues for a new interpretation of the foundation myths of Rome. Instead of a negative portrayal of the city’s early history, these tales offer a didactic paradigm of the correct way to engage in competition. Accounts from the triumviral period stress the dysfunctional nature of the city’s foundation to capture the memory of Rome’s civil wars. Republican evidence suggests a different emphasis. Through diachronic analyses of the tales of Romulus and Remus, Amulius and Numitor, Brutus and Collatinus, and Camillus and Manlius Capitolinus, Neel shows that Romans of the Republic and early Principate would have seen these stories as examples of competition that pushed the bounds of propriety.Trade Review"Legendary Rivals is a new and interesting account with a focus on contemporary elite contexts driving the selection and manipulation of myths in Rome", Jeremy Armstrong, Bryn mawr Classical Review 2015.11.23. "Neel’s work contains several further valuable remarks and detailed analyses for the careful reader. By following the changes that the story of Romulus and Remus underwent through the centuries, she definitely encourages us to rethink the antique view on the foundation of Rome, the sharing of power and rivalry." Levente Takács, Ancient History Bulletin 2015.12.31.
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Brill Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome
Book SynopsisThe polytheistic religious systems of ancient Greece and Rome reveal an imaginative attitude towards the construction of the divine. One of the most important instruments in this process was certainly the visualisation. Images of the gods transformed the divine world into a visually experienceable entity, comprehensible even without a theoretical or theological superstructure. For the illiterates, images were together with oral traditions and rituals the only possibility to approach the idea of the divine; for the intellectuals, images of the gods could be allegorically transcended symbols to reflect upon. Based on the art historical and textual evidence, this volume offers a fresh view on the historical, literary, and artistic significance of divine images as powerful visual media of religious and intellectual communication.
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Brill Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World
Book SynopsisIsis and Sarapis in the Roman World deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names of these two deities independent from their cultic context. The myth that the guardians of tradition and Roman religion tried to curb the cult of Isis in order to rid Rome and the imperium from this decadent cult will be dispelled. A closer look at inscriptions from the Rhine and Danubian provinces shows that most dedicators were not Isiac cult initiates and that women did not outnumber men as dedicators. Inscriptions that mention the two deities in connection with a wish for the well-being of the emperor and the imperial family are of special significance.Trade Review'This book will be of interest to scholars of Greco-Roman religion and those concerned with Roman social and cultural history.' Richard S. Ascough, Religious Studies Review, 1995. '...Takács performs an important service in reminding us that the cult of Isis and Sarapis was a complex phenomenon, and that its public and political aspects were just as important as its more well-known personal apects.' J.B. Rives, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1995.
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Brill The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius
Book SynopsisIn The Impact of the Roman Empire on The Cult of Asclepius Ghislaine van der Ploeg offers an overview and analysis of how worship of the Graeco-Roman god Asclepius adapted, changed, and was disseminated under the Roman Empire. It is shown that the cult enjoyed a vibrant period of worship in the Roman era and by analysing the factors by which this religious changed happened, the impact which the Roman Empire had upon religious life is determined. Making use of epigraphic, numismatic, visual, and literary sources, van der Ploeg demonstrates the multifaceted nature of the Roman cult of Asclepius, updating current thinking about the god.Trade Review“Concluderend is dit voor mij een zeer belangrijke studie die de Romeinse Asklepios-cultus duidelijk heeft beschreven (…) Dit boek is zeer waardevol en zal zeer zeker vaak worden geciteerd in onderzoek gerelateerd aan Asklepios.” - Mark Beumer, in: Kleio-Historia, n.9 "The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius (...) comprises a significant contribution to the study of the Asclepius cult, examining the spread and flourish of the cult in the Roman Empire, which has not been subject to extensive historical research. (...) The author relies his study on abundant epigraphic, iconographic and numismatic material as well as on architectural remains, and accompanies his references to the sources with figures and tables which aggregate the preserved evidence. (..) it would be a necessary reading for those who are interested in the Roman history of the cult and its development in the Graeco-Roman era. The theoretical and methodological approach employed by the author provides a valuable paradigm for further studies on Asclepius as well as on other Graeco-Roman cults." - Olympia Panagiotidou, in: Arys, 16 (2018) "Ghislaine van der Ploeg has tackled a subject that has rarely been the focus of scholarship on the cult of Asclepius: the god’s cult in the Roman world. (...) as her title states, the book’s goal is to show the “impact” of the Roman Empire on this Greek cult. Thus the bulk of her study is devoted to the interactions of certain Roman emperors with the cult of Asclepius and his prominent role in the religion of the Roman army, two underappreciated factors in the cult’s popularity and growth in Roman times. Van der Ploeg has achieved her goal successfully, making an important contribution that expands our understanding of the cult, and justifiably shines a spotlight on our sources for Asclepius’s worship in Roman times (specifically, 27 B.C.E.-235 C.E.)" - Gil H. Renberg, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020.08.25. ''Important studies of Asclepius and his cult in the Roman period have appeared in the past decade, and van der Ploeg must now be added to this list. What is new here is a sustained focus on ways that increased connectivity in the Roman Empire both expanded the geographical range of the cult and also altered the nature of individual sanctuaries, some with long histories stretching back to the Classical period. van der Ploeg construes connectivity in terms of travel and communication, instantiated primarily by the reach of the Emperor and his court and by the movements of the army. The result is a rich discussion that takes the reader from Rome to Asia Minor, and from the Danube to northern Africa ... engaging a variety of material evidence as well as literary: medallions and coins, inscriptions, temple architecture, and sculpture.'' Bronwen Wickkiser in Religious Studies Review 06.2022.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Mobility and Connectivity in the Cult of Asclepius 2 Asclepius before the Roman Imperial Period 3 Imperial Relations with Asclepius 4 Asclepius and the Army 5 The Cult(s) of Asclepius in Roman North Africa 6 Conclusions Bibliography
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Brill Sol: Image and Meaning of the Sun in Roman Art
Book SynopsisWith this analysis of Sol images, Steven E. Hijmans paints a new picture of the solar cult in ancient Rome. The paucity of literary evidence led Hijmans to prioritize visual sources, and he opens this study with a thorough discussion of the theoretical and methodological issues involved. Emphasizing the danger of facile equivalencies between visual and verbal meanings, his primary focus is Roman praxis, manifest in, for instance, the strict patterning of Sol imagery. These patterns encode core concepts that Sol imagery evoked when deployed, and in those concepts we recognize the bedrock of Rome’s understandings of the sun and his cult. Case studies illustrate these concepts in action and the final chapter analyzes the historical context in which previous, now discredited views on Sol could arise. This is part I of a two-part set.
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Brill SENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism
Book SynopsisSENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism explores how a range of cults and rituals were perceived and experienced by participants through one or more senses. The present collection brings together papers from an international group of researchers all inspired by ‘the sensory turn’. Focusing on a wide range of ritual traditions from around the ancient Roman world, they explore the many ways in which smell and taste, sight and sound, separately and together, involved participants in religious performance. Music, incense, images and colors, contrasts of light and dark played as great a role as belief or observance in generating religious experience. Together they contribute to an original understanding of the Roman sensory universe, and add an embodied perspective to the notion of Lived Ancient Religion. Contributors are Martin Devecka; Visa Helenius; Yulia Ustinova; Attilio Mastrocinque; Maik Patzelt; Mark Bradley; Adeline Grand-Clément; Rocío Gordillo Hervás; Rebeca Rubio; Elena Muñiz Grijalvo; David Espinosa-Espinosa; A. César González-García, Marco V. García-Quintela; Jörg Rüpke; Rosa Sierra del Molino; Israel Campos Méndez; Valentino Gasparini; Nicole Belayche; Antón Alvar Nuño; Jaime Alvar Ezquerra; Clelia Martínez Maza.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Editors Notes on Contributors Introduction Antón Alvar Nuño, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Greg Woolf 1 Faces of Death: Lucretius, Religio, and Vision at Rome Martin Devecka 2 Lucretius and the Body-Environment Approach Visa Helenius 3 Hirpi Sorani and Modern Fire-Walkers: Rejoicing through Pain in Extreme Rituals Yulia Ustinova 4 Empowered Tongues Attilio Mastrocinque 5 Favete linguis and the Experience of the Divine: A Cognitively Grounded Approach to Sensory Perception in Roman Religion Maik Patzelt 6 The Triumph of the Senses: Sensory Awareness and the Divine in Roman Public Celebrations Mark Bradley 7 Sensorium, Sensescapes, Synaesthesia, Multisensoriality: A New Way of Approaching Religious Experience in Antiquity? Adeline Grand-Clément 8 Day and Night in the Agones of the Roman Isthmian Games Rocío Gordillo Hervás 9 Multisensory Experiences in Mithraic Initiation Rebeca Rubio 10 Imperial Mysteries and Religious Experience Elena Muñiz Grijalvo 11 Pro consensu et concordia civium: Sensoriality, Imperial Cult, and Social Control in Augustan Urban Orientations David Espinosa-Espinosa, A. César González-García, and Marco V. García-Quintela 12 Finding Religion in Reported Sensorial Experiences: A Case Study of Propertius 4.6 Jörg Rüpke 13 Sensory Experiences in the Cybelic Cult: Sound Stimulation through Musical Instruments Rosa Sierra del Molino and Israel Campos Méndez 14 Isis’ Footprints: The Petrosomatoglyphs as Spatial Indicators of Human-Divine Encounters Valentino Gasparini 15 Assiduo sono and furiosa tibia in Ovid’s Fasti: Music and Religious Identity in Narratives of Processions in the Roman World Nicole Belayche 16 Total Sensory Experience in Isiac Cults: Mimesis, Alterity, and Identity Antón Alvar Nuño, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, and Clelia Martínez Maza Index of Literary Sources (Beatriz Pañeda Murcia) Index of Epigraphic and Papyrological Sources (Beatriz Pañeda Murcia) General Index (Beatriz Pañeda Murcia)
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Brill Panthée: Religious Transformations in the Graeco-Roman Empire
Book SynopsisPanthée presents a collective reflection relating to the changes affecting the Graeco-Roman Empire and its religious landscapes. Leading specialists construct a picture of practices and conceptual frames, which, in their diversity and inter-action, model a religious universe whose complexity will help understand our modern globalising world. Panthée propose une réflexion sur les mutations qui ont affecté l'Empire gréco-romain et ont remodelé ses paysages religieux. Les meilleurs spécialistes construisent un tableau des pratiques et des cadres de pensée qui dessinent les contours d'un univers religieux dont la complexité aide à penser le monde moderne de la globalisation.Trade Review"L’historien des religions et l’antiquisant en général apprécieront cet ouvrage de qualité, de variété historiographique et thématique." Stéphanie Briaud, Université de Montréal, Panthée: Religious Transformations in the Graeco-Roman Empire vol. xxxiv, 2, 2017.
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Brill Coping with Versnel: A Roundtable on Religion and Magic: In Honour of the 80th Birthday of Henk S. Versnel
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: An Inquiry into the Origin, Development and Meaning of Human Life A Personal Account of the Scholarship of Henk Versnel Frits G. Naerebout and Kim Beerden Bibliography of H.S. Versnel Part 1: Inconsistencies and Other Complexities 1 Cognitive Science of Religion and the Work of Henk Versnel Ancient and Modern Scholars on Inconsistencies, from Aristotle to Versnel Jennifer Larson 2 “One Must Not Ask Questions Such as These” Casper C. de Jonge 3 Divine Metonymy: Theology and Rhetoric Tim Whitmarsh Part 2 : Myth and Ritual 4 The History of Myth and Ritual Robert A. Segal 5 Transitions, Reversals, Inconsistencies H.S. Versnel on Myth and Ritual Michael D. Konaris Part 3 : Magic, Prayers for Justice, and Emotion 6 The Typical and the Outlier in Ancient Greek Cursing Prayers for Justice, Erotic Curses and other Important Categories Chris A. Faraone 7 Ancient Magic in a New Key Refining an Exotic Discipline in the History of Religions David Frankfurter 8 My God! Religion as Emotional Experience in the Hellenistic World and the Roman East Angelos Chaniotis Part 4 : Saving Death 9 Jesus Christus als neue Alkestis und neuer Kodros Das Sterben „für“ andere Menschen bei Paulus und im paganen Kontext Christina Eschner Part 5 : Henotheism 10 Henotheism, a ‘Consistent’ Category of Polytheism Nicole Belayche Epilogue 11 Foreword to an Afterword Henk S. Versnel 12 Response Henk S. Versnel Bibliography Index
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Biblischer Schöpfungsglaube: Religionsgeschichte
Book SynopsisWas heißt "Schöpfung" und wie unterscheidet sie sich vom Begriff "Natur"? Die biblischen Schöpfungstexte bezeugen vielfältige Vorstellungen über die Erschaffung der Welt, die Stellung des Menschen in ihr sowie die Rolle der Tiere und Pflanzen auf dem gemeinsamen Lebensraum Erde. Trotz des Wandels vom geozentrischen zum heliozentrischen Weltbild und von da zum unendlichen Universum und trotz der Einsichten der modernen Naturwissenschaft in den Aufbau des Kosmos sind die biblischen Vorstellungen vom Wirken eines Schöpfergottes nicht einfach obsolet. Vielmehr prägen sie mehr oder weniger deutlich unsere Welterfahrung bis heute. In seinem Lehr- und Studienbuch legt Bernd Janowski eine Gesamtdarstellung des biblischen Schöpfungsglaubens vor, die sowohl die kosmologischen Traditionen der Antike als auch in Auswahl die tier- und umweltethischen Perspektiven der Neuzeit und der Gegenwart berücksichtigt. Die vorliegende Darstellung gliedert sich in vier Haupt- und zwölf Unterabschnitte, die durch drei Anhänge mit zentralen Schöpfungstexten des Alten Testaments von Gen 1 bis Sir 43, mit Texten und Bildern zur Kosmologie der Antike vom alten Ägypten bis zum Koran sowie mit Dokumenten zur Tier- und Umweltethik von Montaigne bis zur Gegenwart ergänzt werden.
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Mohr Siebeck Forgetting to Remember
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The University of Michigan Press A Commentary on Cicero De Divinatione II
Book SynopsisOffers the first commentary on Cicero's De Divinatione II in nearly a century. This commentary equips students and scholars with the kinds of historical and philosophical background and linguistic and stylistic information needed to understand and appreciate Cicero's text on Roman religion and divination.
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University of California Press The Final Pagan Generation
Book SynopsisRecounts the story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. This book traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes.Trade Review"A fantastic slice of classical history." Foreword Reviews "Well researched and proficient ... awash with well-organized historical information." -- Kathleen Dupre Library Journal Accessible and engaging for students and general readers. -- Thomas M. Banchich Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Accessible to non-specialists and useful as an undergraduate text in courses...an absorbing, erudite, and highly useful book from which anyone studying late antiquity or early Christianity will profit." -- James A. Francis Journal of Early Christian Studies "Edward Watta's The Final Pagan Generation is among the best works of academic history I've ever read." -- Yuval Levin National Review "Watts demonstrates his mastery of both primary and modern sources ... The text is virtually flawless." -- Linda Jones Hall The Classical JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods 2. Education in an Age of Imagination 3. The System 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty 5. The Apogee 6. The New Pannonian Order 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire 10. A Generation's Legacy Bibliography Index
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Princeton University Press The Return of Proserpina
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Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology Facts
Book SynopsisGreek and Roman mythology has fascinated people for more than two millennia, and its influence on cultures throughout Europe, America, North Africa, and the Middle East attests to the universal appeal of the stories. This title examines the best-known figures of Greek and Roman mythology together with the great works of classic literature.
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Arlen House The Wind Stills to Listen
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Classical Press of Wales Ciris: A Poem From the Appendix Vergiliana
Book SynopsisThe Ciris is a small scale epic poem which relates the myth of Scylla, daughter of king Nisus of Megara, who betrayed her homeland for love, and was transformed into a sea-bird. It is one of the poems in the Appendix Vergiliana, a collection that has been ascribed to Virgil as his carmina minora. Earlier scholarship has mostly been concerned to prove that the Ciris is not by Virgil, and then to demonstrate that it is a late and derivative composition of little intrinsic merit. The present book argues that Ciris was composed by a contemporary of Virgil, a product of the golden age of Latin poetry. It aims to bring the poem to the attention of modern readers and to rescue it from ill-deserved neglect. The introduction presents detailed linguistic, literary and historical arguments in support of this early composition date and offers a state-of-the-art account of the textual witnesses and the manuscript tradition. The critical text and apparatus are based on a systematic, first-hand analysis of manuscript evidence as well as the rigorous application of text-critical methods. The new text, as close to the original Ciris as can be achieved, includes over one-hundred and fifty changes from previous editions. By engaging with textual scholarship on the poem from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century, the line-by-line commentary provides a comprehensive guide to the numerous textual problems, and is an important contribution to the stylistic and linguistic analysis of golden-age Latin poetry.
£63.00
Cambridge University Press Religious Innovation in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
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Cambridge University Press Inscriptions of Roman Britain
Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of Contents1. From Caesar to Claudius (55 BC–AD 43) A1–9; 2. The First Century; 3. The Second Century; 4. Septimius Severus and the Third Century; 5. Carausius and the Fourth Century; 6. Government and administration; 7. Military life; 8. Civilian life and economic activity; 9. Religion.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Handbook to the Reception of Classical
Book SynopsisA Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day.Trade Review“Of priceless help in working with the volume – a handbook par excellence, as it is targeted also at non-professional readers – is the fact that the dominant ideas of each essay and its place in the collection are carefully explained in the introduction.” -- Journal of Hellenic Studies 139 (2019)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Vanda Zajko Part I Mythography 13 1 Greek Mythography 15Robert L. Fowler 2 Roman Mythography 29Gregory Hays 3 Myth and the Medieval Church 43James G. Clark 4 The Renaissance Mythographers 59John Mulryan 5 Bulfinch and Graves: Modern Mythography as Literary Reception 75John Talbot 6 Myth Collections for Children 87Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts 7 Contemporary Mythography: In the Time of Ancient Gods, Warlords, and Kings 105Ika Willis Part II Approaches and Themes 121 8 Circean Enchantments and the Transformations of Allegory 123Greta Hawes 9 The Comparative Approach 139Sarah Iles Johnston 10 Revisionism 153Lillian Doherty 11 Alchemical Interpretations of Classical Myths 165Didier Kahn 12 Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: On the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India 179Phiroze Vasunia 13 The Golden Age 193Andreas T. Zanker 14 Matriarchy and Utopia 213Peter Davies Part III Myth, Creativity, and the Mind 229 15 The Half‐Blood Hero: Percy Jackson and Mythmaking in the Twenty-First Century 231Joanna Paul 16 Myth as Case Study 243Heather Tolliday 17 Mythical Narrative and Self‐Development 257Meg Harris Williams 18 Finding Asylum for Virginia Woolf ’s Classical Visions 271Emily Pillinger Part IV Iconic Figures and Texts 285 19 Orpheus and Eurydice 287Genevieve Liveley 20 Narcissus and Echo 299Rosemary Barrow 21 Prometheus, Pygmalion, and Helen: Science Fiction and Mythology 311Tony Keen 22 Dionysus in Rome 323Fiachra Mac Góráin 23 Cupid and Psyche 337Julia Haig Gaisser 24 Constructing a Mythic City in the Book of the City of Ladies: A New Space for Women in Late Medieval Culture 353Kathryn McKinley 25 Francis Bacon’s Wisdom of the Ancients: Between Two Worlds 367John Channing Briggs 26 Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus 379Jeanne Nuechterlein 27 Ancient and Modern Re‐sounding: Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria 391George Burrows 28 Shelley Prometheus Unbound 407Michael O’Neill 29 George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion 419Helen Slaney 30 Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus 433Kurt Lampe 31 Creative Strategies: Lars von Trier’s Medea 447Mette Hjort 32 Regarding the Pain of Others with Marsyas: On Tortures Ancient and Modern 463Lisa Saltzman Index 475
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Barcharts, Inc Mythology:Greek/Roman Mortals
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Getty Trust Publications Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (Thescra)
Book SynopsisThis is an indispensible road map to navigating the entire, eight volume ThesCRA series. ThesCRA is a major multivolume reference on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals encompassing the period from 1000 BC to AD 400. The eight volumes provide authoritative and in-depth information on ancient cults and rituals. Illustrated articles in English, French, Italian, and German address such topics as processions, sacrifices, libation, dedications, purification, consecration/foundation rites, heroization and apotheosis, banquet, dance, music, rites related to cult images, divination, prayer, asylum, oaths, malediction, profanation, magic, cult places, personnel, and instruments, stages and circumstances of life, work, hunting, travel, festivals and contests, private/public space, polarities in religious life, and religious interrelations between the classical world and neighboring civilizations. The final installment, this thematic index covers the complete set and complements, rather than replaces, the earlier abbreviations and index volume, which indexes the first five volumes.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC You Win or You Die: The Ancient World of Game of
Book SynopsisIf the Middle Ages form the present-day backdrop to the continents of Westeros and Essos, then antiquity is their resonant past. The Known World is haunted by the remnants of distant and powerful civilizations, without whose presence the novels of George R. R. Martin and the ever popular HBO show would lose much of their meaning and appeal. In this essential sequel to Carolyne Larrington's Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones, Ayelet Haimson Lushkov explores the echoes, from the Summer Islands to Storm's End, of a rich antique history. She discusses, for example, the convergence of ancient Rome and the reach, scope, and might of the Valyrian Freehold. She shows how the wanderings of Tyrion Lannister replay the journeys of Odysseus and Aeneas. She suggests that the War of the Five Kings resembles the War of the Four Emperors (68-69 AD). She also demonstrates just how the Wall and the Wildlings advancing on it connect with Hadrian's bulwark against fierce tribes of Picts. This book reveals the remarkable extent to which the entire Game of Thrones universe is animated by its ancient past.
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Archaeopress Maritime-Related Cults in the Coastal Cities of
Book SynopsisMaritime-Related Cults in the Coastal Cities of Philistia during the Roman Period questions the origins and the traditions of the cultic rites practised during Roman times along the southern shores of the Land of Israel. This area was known since biblical times as ‘Peleshet’ (Philistia), after the name of one of the Sea Peoples that had settled there at the beginning of the Iron Age. Philistia’s important cities Jaffa, Ashkelon, Gaza and Rafiah were culturally and religiously integrated into the Graeco-Roman world. At the same time, each city developed its own original and unique group of myths and cults that had their roots in earlier periods. Their emergence and formation were influenced by environmental conditions as well as by ethno-social structures and political circumstances. Philistia’s port cities served as crossroads for the routes connecting the main centres of culture and commerce in ancient times. Most of their cults were closely associated with the sea, and reflect the existential dependency of the inhabitants on the sea that supplied them with sustenance and livelihood and was regarded as a divine beneficent power. The myths also echo the lives of the sailors, their beliefs and fears derived from encountering the dangers of the sea: storms, floods, reefs and giant fish portrayed as monsters. The population of the cities was of mixed and varied ethnic and cultural origins. This was the result of the waves of conquests and migrations over the ages, yet each city was noted for its unique ethnic components. The book also deals with the political circumstances, which had a decisive impact on the formation of religious life and cultic rites in all four cities. It sheds new light to the understanding of the events and historical processes in the region.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Jaffa Chapter 3: Ashkelon Chapter 4: Gaza Chapter 5: Rafiah Chapter 6: Summary Bibliography
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Countryside Books The Boxford Mosaic: A Unique Survivor from the
Book SynopsisThe Boxford Mosaic has been described as the most spectacular and innovative Roman mosaic ever found in Britain. Yet it lay hidden beneath a Berkshire field for some 1,600 years until it was fully uncovered in the Summer of 2019. Dating from around 350 AD and set amid the ruins of a villa, the mosaic depicts tales of famous heroes from Greek mythology. Hercules slays the half-man, half-horse Centaur. Pelops wins the hand of a king's daughter by sabotaging the wheel linchpin of his racing chariot. And the handsome Bellerophon kills the fire-breathing Chimaera monster with the help of his flying horse Pegasus - a legend that became our very own St George and the Dragon. The full description of this artistic masterpiece and its excavation, by local enthusiasts working under professional supervision, is told here by the three who played key roles in the operation. JOY APPLETON is Chairwoman of the Boxford History Project. MATT NICHOL is a leading archaeologist with Cotswold Archaeology. ANTHONY BEESON is one of the UK's leading authorities on mosaics and Roman and Greek architecture. He is also the archivist of the Association for Roman Archaeology.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Paulus und der Nous: Eine Untersuchung zur
Book SynopsisWelche Rolle spielt die Vernunft im Menschen? Gibt sie souverän den Ton an für das Verhalten oder ist sie Spielball der Triebe? Diese Fragen um die Vernunftbegabung des Menschen werden in den philosophischen Strömungen der Antike breit diskutiert. Manuel Nägele geht davon aus, dass auch der Apostel Paulus infolge des kulturellen Austausches der Zeitenwende von diesen Debatten nicht unberührt blieb. Aufbauend auf der Verwendung des Lexems νοῦς ( nous, gr. "Vernunft"/"Geist") in zeitgenössischen Texten versucht er, dessen Semantik in den paulinischen Briefen neu zu beleuchten und nach den anthropologischen Implikationen zu fragen, die sich daraus für das Menschenbild des Apostels ergeben. Was genau im Menschen bezeichnet Paulus mit νοῦς? Ist es die Vernunft, der (göttliche?) Geist, ein konkreter Gedanke oder etwas ganz anderes? Anders als andere anthropologische Termini hat die Paulusexegese νοῦς bislang vernachlässigt.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Paulusmemoria und Paulusexegese: Römische
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band befasst sich mit der Beziehung von Paulus zu Rom in historischer und wirkungsgeschichtlicher Perspektive. Damit tritt er neben den 2020 in derselben Reihe erschienenen Band zu Petrus, dem anderen wichtigen Apostel Roms und des stadtrömischen Christentums. Behandelt werden die einschlägigen literarischen und archäologischen Zeugnisse der Beziehung des Paulus zu Rom und deren Bedeutung für die Rezeption des Apostels in der Geschichte des Christentums. Als wichtige literarische Dokumente werden der Römerbrief des Paulus, dessen Beziehung zum stadtrömischen Christentum intensiv diskutiert wird, die Apostelgeschichte des Neuen Testaments, der 2. Timotheus- und der 1. Clemensbrief sowie Texte der Paulusrezeption des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts behandelt. Weitere Beiträge sind der Paulusbasilika an der Via Ostiensis über dem Grab des Paulus, dem wichtigsten archäologischen Zeugnis für Paulus in Rom, und der Bedeutung der Paulusreliquie für den päpstlichen Machtanspruch gewidmet.
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Mohr Siebeck Die Romidee Bei Claudian Und Prudentius
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Pratum Patristicum
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Peeters Publishers Writing Myth: Mythography in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays brings innovative perspectives to the study of ancient mythography, that is, the writings of the Greeks and Romans about their own mythical traditions. It treats a range of sources from the beginnings of myth criticism in the 5th century BCE to the end of antiquity in the 5th century CE, highlighting mythography's centrality to ancient views of myth and moving beyond seeing mythographic texts as valuable primarily for the preservation of details about traditional stories. Important individual mythographers are treated (e.g., Ps.-Apollodorus and Hyginus), but throughout there is an emphasis on the connections of mythography with more literary genres, such as epic, and more prestigious prose genres, such as historiography and geography. This makes the volume of interest for those who work on myth in Greek and Roman society, but also for anyone working on ancient intellectual history more broadly, including those who study rhetoric, education, literary composition, art and ancient scholarly traditions.
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