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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bowden, Hugh (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press c2010
Θέματα:
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.