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This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre.

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"... a treasure trove of information on the nature and diversity of mystery cults." Westminster Theological Journal

Table of Contents
Introduction.

Externa Superstitio.

1. The Great Mother and Her Eunuchs.

2. Isis of the Many Names or Our Lady of the Waves.

3. The Orontes Pouring into the Tiber.

4. Beneath the Rocks of the Persian Cavern.

5. Horsemen, Mothers and Serpents.

6. Occultism and Theosophy.

7. Dionysus and Sabazius.

Epilogue.

Abbreviations.

List of Plates.

Figures.

Historical and Mythographical Index.

Index of Religious Particulars.

The Cults of the Roman Empire

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/12/1996
      ISBN13: 9780631200475, 978-0631200475
      ISBN10: 0631200479

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre.

      Trade Review
      "... a treasure trove of information on the nature and diversity of mystery cults." Westminster Theological Journal

      Table of Contents
      Introduction.

      Externa Superstitio.

      1. The Great Mother and Her Eunuchs.

      2. Isis of the Many Names or Our Lady of the Waves.

      3. The Orontes Pouring into the Tiber.

      4. Beneath the Rocks of the Persian Cavern.

      5. Horsemen, Mothers and Serpents.

      6. Occultism and Theosophy.

      7. Dionysus and Sabazius.

      Epilogue.

      Abbreviations.

      List of Plates.

      Figures.

      Historical and Mythographical Index.

      Index of Religious Particulars.

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