Mystery cults of the ancient world
"This is the first book to describe and explain all of the ancient world's major mystery cults -- one of the most intriguing but least understood aspects of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal Mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically re-enacted the story of Demeter's los...
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press
c2010
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- The Eleusinian mysteries
- The mysteries of the Kabeiroi and the great gods of Samothrace
- Other mystery sanctuaries in the Greek world
- The mother of the gods
- Dionysus
- Private initiation
- Words written on gold
- Isis
- Mithras
- The end of the mysteries
- Encountering the sacred.