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Book SynopsisExamines how the cult of Mother of the Gods came from Phrygia and Lydia, where she was the mother of tyrants, to Athens, where she protected the laws of the Athenian democracy. This work describes how Kybebe, the Lydian goddess, assumed a different aspect to the Greeks when Lydia became part of the Persian empire.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. Sovereignty and Divinity in Classical Greek Thought The Study of Religion in Greek History Sovereignty and Tyranny Sovereignty and Greek Religion Theogony; or, The Conditions of Sovereignty Humanity and Divine Sovereignty The Passing of an Age of Innocence The Quest for Transcendent Divinity 2. The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of Midas The Mother of the Gods and "the Phrygian Man" at Athens The Land of Midas The Home of Kybele, the Mother of the Gods The Mother of Midas Sovereignty and the Gods of Phrygia The Legacy of Midas 3. The Mother of the Gods and the Ideals of Lydian Tyranny The Lover of Gordius Sovereigns and Their Concubines Aphrodite and Lydian Tyranny Aphrodite, Kybebe, and Kubaba Kubaba, Kybebe, and Kybele Mistress of Lions and the Consort of the King The Ideals of Lydian Tyranny: A Summary So Far 4. The Mother of the Gods and the Practices of Lydian Tyranny Tyranny and Fertility The Grief of the Goddess Grieving for Atys The Tribute of Tyranny Deifying the Mother of Kingship Eunuchs, Tyranny, and the Mother of the Gods Artemis and the Mother The Legacy of Lydia 5. Asia, the Oikoumen9, and the Map of the World The Idea of Asia Anaximander's Map Kingship and the Oikoumen9 The Itinerary of the Oikoumen9 The Balance of Justice in the World The Landscape of Creation at Sardis The Purification of Delos The Rulership of the Sea Hecataeus' Map 6. The Mother of the Gods and Persian Sovereignty Earth and Water The Persians and the Gods of Lydia Scythia and the Oikoumen9 Athens, Tyranny, and Persia The Ionian Revolt The Heralds of Darius The M9tragyrt9s at Athens The Legacy of the M9tragyrt9s: The Argument So Far 7. Persian Sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians The Mother of the Gods Rejected Placating Artemis and Honoring Demeter Miltiades, Themistocles, and the Mother of the Gods Founding the League at Delos The Peace of Callias Honoring Athena on the Acropolis 8. Herodotus and the Gods Religion in Greek Historical Thought Herodotus and the Unnamed Divinity Religion and Universal History Herodotus' Way of Knowing the Past The Knowledge Herodotus Shared with His Audience Herodotus, the Gods, and History 9. The Mother of the Gods at Athens Alcibiades' Tyrannical Ambitions The Symbiotic Sovereignty of Greeks and Persians The Mother of the Gods Accepted The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of the Laws The Names of the Mother The Mother of the Gods in Greek Historiography The Mother of the Gods, Spartan Hegemony, and War The Mother of the Gods, Athenian Hegemony, and Peace Conclusions Bibliography General Index Index of Select Greek Terms Index Locorum
