Paradise earned the Bacchic-Orphic gold lamellae of Crete
A study of twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens form entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had earned "Paradise"
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Washington, D.C. Cambridge, Mass
Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Distributed by Harvard University Press
2010
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Σειρά: | Hellenic studies
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Περίληψη: | A study of twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens form entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had earned "Paradise" |
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Φυσική περιγραφή: | ix, [1], 373 p. iil., charts, maps 23 cm. |
Βιβλιογραφία: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-367) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674023796 |