Greek Religion and Cults in the Black Sea Region: Goddesses in the Bosporan Kingdom from the Archaic Period to the Byzantine Era

ISBN-13: 9781316633595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 330 str.

David Braund

Opis

The first integrated study of Greek religion and cults in the region, showing familiar goddesses in a new light and discussing much new data. It sheds light on many historical issues and processes from the era of archaic Greek colonization to that of the Roman Empire down to the Byzantine era.

Spis treści

Introduction: aims, contexts and connectivity; 1. Crimean Parthenos, Artemis Tauropolos and human sacrifice; 2. Crimean Parthenos in Greece, Anatolia and the Mediterranean world; 3. Artemis of Ephesus in the Bosporan Kingdom; 4. Bosporan Isis; 5. The 'Mistress of Apatouron': Aphrodite Ourania and the Bosporan Apatouria; 6. Epilogue: Artemis, Aphrodite and Demeter.