The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook : Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World (English and Multilingual Edition)

by Marvin W. Meyer (Editor)

Paperback, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

291.13

Tags

Classics, Anthologies, Mystery Religions, Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis, Greek Cults, Graeco-Roman Religions, Graeco-Roman World, Dionysus, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Isis, Osiris, Mithras, Judaism, Christianity, ZZZ

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

Harper San Francisco (1987), 288 pages

Description

Gathers selections from Greek and Roman history, plays, and poetry that refer to the mystery religions, and briefly explains what is known about how these religions got their start.

Subjects

Mysteries, Religious History Sources
Mysteries, Religious Sources

Language

Multiple languages, English

Original language

Multiple languages

Physical description

288 p.; 6 inches

ISBN

0060655763 / 9780060655761

Local notes

NT

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