| Series |
Studies in ancient Mediterranean religions ; number two
Studies in ancient Mediterranean religions ; no. 2. ^A1414509
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| Contents |
Introduction / Sandra Blakely -- Section 1: Site. Guardian Goddess of the Surf-Beaten Shore : The Influence of Mariners on Sanctuaries of Aphrodite in Magna Graecia / Amelia R. Brown and Rebecca Smith -- Lilibeo e i suoi culti: Nuovi esempi dalla ricerca archeologica / Rossella Giglio -- Large Temples as Cultural Banners in Western Sicily / Margaret M. Miles -- Close Encounters on Sicily: Molech, Meilichios, and Religious Convergence at Selinus / Sarah Morris -- The Temple of Astarte "Aglaia" at Motya and Its Cultural Significance in the Mediterranean Realm / Lorenzo Nigro -- Venere del Mare: Testimonianze del culto nel trapanese / Francesca Oliveri. Section 2: Text. Hittite Prayers and Their Mesopotamian Models / Elisabeth Rieken -- Mythological Passages in Hittite Rituals / Susanne Görke -- Religious Convergence in Hittite Anatolia : The Case of Kizzuwatna / Amir Gilan -- The Arzawa Rituals and Religious Production in Hattusa / Billie Jean Collins -- Survival of "Popular" Mythology : From Hittite Mountain Man to Phrygian Mountain Mother / Mary R. Bachvarova -- Native Religious Traditions from a Lydian Perspective / Annick Payne. Section 3: Object. Funerary Practices and Rituals on Sicily from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (Sixth through Second Millennia BCE) / Sebastiano Tusa -- The Convergence of Guardian Statues in the Ancient World : Top-Down or Bottom-Up? / Christopher Athanasious Faraone -- Across Traditions and beyond Boundaries : The Masks of Carthage / Adriano Orsingher -- Greek Coins, Punic People : An Iconographic Analysis of the Punic Coinage of Sicily / José Miguel Puebla Morón -- Ritual Practices, Food Offerings, and Animal Sacrifices : Votive Deposits in the Temple of The Kothon (Motya) / Federica Spagnoli -- Romantic Receptions, or, The Aeginetan Sculptures' Long March to Munich / Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. Section 4: Action. From Zalpuwa to Brauron : Hittite-Greek Religious Convergence on the Black Sea / Ian Rutherford -- The Politics of Ritual Performance at Assyrian-Period Sam'al : Local and Imperial Identity in the Katumuwa Mortuary Stele from Zincirli / Virginia R. Herrmann -- The Tonaia and Samian Identity / Aaron Beck-Schachter -- Sparta and Persia : Rituals for Invading the Land of the Gods of Others / Irene Polinskaya -- Using Your Head : Reading a "Local Style" Adapted for Foreign Ritual / Kevin Dicus -- Roman Empire and Roman Emperor : Animal Sacrifice as an Instrument of Religious Convergence / J. B. Rives. |
| Contents |
Section 1. Site -- Section 2. Text -- Section 3. Object -- Section 4. Action. |
| Abstract |
Twenty-four essays represent scholars in religion, archaeology, philology, and history, exploring case studies and theoretical models of converging religions. - derived from back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages and indexes. |
| Language | Twenty-two essays in English and two in Italian; abstracts in English. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781948488167 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1948488167 (paperback) |
