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19 produkter
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Seeing the Gods
Av Ian Rutherford, Jas' Elsner
E-bok, 2006
737 kr
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This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in …
Greco-Egyptian Interactions
Literature, Translation, and Culture, 500 BC-AD 300
E-bok, 2016
2024 kr
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Contact and interaction between Greek and Egyptian culture can be traced in different forms over more than a millennium: from the sixth century BC, when Greeks visited Egypt for the sake of tourism or trade, through to the Hellenistic period, when Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian-Greek Ptolemaic …
Hittite Texts and Greek Religion
Contact, Interaction, and Comparison
E-bok, 2020
1524 kr
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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient Greece and the Hittites, who …
Hittite Texts and Greek Religion
Contact, Interaction, and Comparison
E-bok, 2020
1524 kr
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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient Greece and the Hittites, who …
Pindar's Paeans
A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre
Inbunden, 2001
6915 kr
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The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans, which became known to scholars in this century thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments, some published as …
Canons of Style in the Antonine Age
Idea-Theory and its Literary Context
Inbunden, 1998
755 kr
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The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between literature and stylistic theory in the Antonine Age. The literature is the prose literature of the Second Sophistic and the stylistic theory is the so-called idea-theory set out in the Peri Ideon of Hermogenes of Tarsus, as well as …
Oxford Readings in Greek Lyric Poetry
Inbunden, 2019
3232 kr
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No area of ancient Greek literature has been more studied over the last few decades than "lyric poetry", which conventionally includes poetry sung by choruses or soloists accompanied by the lyre or aulos (flute). Besides its literary significance, lyric poetry is also a major resource for …
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Seeing the Gods
Häftad, 2007
1316 kr
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This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in …
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Seeing the Gods
Av Jas' Elsner, Ian Rutherford
Inbunden, 2006
4595 kr
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This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity, drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in …
Hittite Texts and Greek Religion
Contact, Interaction, and Comparison
Inbunden, 2020
1789 kr
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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient Greece and the Hittites, who …
Greco-Egyptian Interactions
Literature, Translation, and Culture, 500 BC-AD 300
Inbunden, 2016
3179 kr
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Contact and interaction between Greek and Egyptian culture can be traced in different forms over more than a millennium: from the sixth century BC, when Greeks visited Egypt for the sake of tourism or trade, through to the Hellenistic period, when Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian-Greek Ptolemaic …
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Av Sarah Hitch, Ian Rutherford
Inbunden, 2017
1643 kr
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This volume brings together studies on Greek animal sacrifice by foremost experts in Greek language, literature and material culture. Readers will benefit from the synthesis of new evidence and approaches with a re-evaluation of twentieth-century theories on sacrifice. The chapters range across the …
Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture
Travel, Locality and Pan-Hellenism
Av Richard Hunter, Ian Rutherford
Inbunden, 2009
1179 kr
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Although recent scholarship has focused on the city-state as the context for the production of Greek poetry, for poets and performers travel was more the norm than the exception. This book traces this central aspect of ancient culture from its roots in the near Eastern societies which preceded the …
State Pilgrims and Sacred Observers in Ancient Greece
A Study of Theōriā and Theōroi
Inbunden, 2013
2265 kr
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For at least a thousand years Greek cities took part in religious activities outside their territory by sending sacred delegates to represent them. The delegates are usually called theōroi, literally 'observers', and a delegation made up of theōroi, or the action of taking part in one, is called …
Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture
Travel, Locality and Pan-Hellenism
Av Richard Hunter, Ian Rutherford
Häftad, 2011
842 kr
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Although recent scholarship has focused on the city-state as the context for the production of Greek poetry, for poets and performers travel was more the norm than the exception. This book traces this central aspect of ancient culture from its roots in the near Eastern societies which preceded the …
State Pilgrims and Sacred Observers in Ancient Greece
A Study of Theōriā and Theōroi
Häftad, 2019
653 kr
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For at least a thousand years Greek cities took part in religious activities outside their territory by sending sacred delegates to represent them. The delegates are usually called theōroi, literally 'observers', and a delegation made up of theōroi, or the action of taking part in one, is called …
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Av Sarah Hitch, Ian Rutherford
Häftad, 2020
586 kr
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This volume brings together studies on Greek animal sacrifice by foremost experts in Greek language, literature and material culture. Readers will benefit from the synthesis of new evidence and approaches with a re-evaluation of twentieth-century theories on sacrifice. The chapters range across the …
Anatolian Interfaces
Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours
Av Billie Jean Collins, Mary R. Bachvarova m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
126 kr
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The papers in this collection are the product of the conference "Hittites, Greeks and Their Neighbors in Ancient Anatolia: An International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction," hosted by Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. They cover an impressive range of issues relating to the complex …
Luwian Identities
Culture, Language and Religion Between Anatolia and the Aegean
Av Alice Mouton, Ian Rutherford m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
4338 kr
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The Luwians inhabited Anatolia and Syria in late second through early first millennium BC. They are mainly known through their Indo-European language, preserved on cuneiform tablets and hieroglyphic stelae. However, where the Luwians lived or came from, how they coexisted with their Hittite and …
