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Attis: Between Myth and History: King, Priest and God

Maria Lancellotti - History - 2015 - 224 pages
This volume deals with the figure of Attis. The work aims to reconsider the mythical and cultic information about this character, trying to provide proof of the processes of ...
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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion. 1, Ter Unus: Isis, Dionysos ...

H. S. Versnel - Religion - 1990 - 288 pages
This is the first of a two-volume collection of studies in inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various ...
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Cybelle, Attis and related cults: essays in memory of M. J. Vermaseren

Maarten Jozef Vermaseren, Eugene N. Lane - Religion - 1996 - 464 pages
These collected essays on the cult of Cybele and Attis represent an international tribute to the late Professor M.J. Vermaseren. Articles included treat aspects of this cult ...
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Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games

Michael B. Hornum - Religion - 1993 - 428 pages
This re-evaluation of the place of Nemesis in the Roman World shows that the goddess was associated less with the lower classes than with the emperor and state. It also reveals ...
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Pietas

Hendrik Wagenvoort - Religion - 1980 - 298 pages
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Hierà Kalá: Images of Animal Sacrifice in Archaic and Classical Greece

Folkert T. Van Straten - Religion - 1995 - 470 pages
This volume deals with the depictions of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece, full catalogues of which are included. The relevant aspects of Greek sacrifice are studied on the ...
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The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most ...

Yulia Ustinova - Religion - 1999 - 390 pages
The first systematic study of the religion of the Bosporan Kingdom. It examines the cults of Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God, viewing them as a blend of Greek and ...
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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion: Transition and Reversal in Myth ...

H. S. Versnel - Religion - 1990 - 386 pages
This second volume of a two-part collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion focuses on the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transition and reversal.
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Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia, and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Family

Steven J. Friesen - Religion - 1993 - 264 pages
This is a case study of the Cult of the Sebastoi that was established in the city of Ephesus by the province of Asia during the late first century CE. It served as a ...
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