Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Description
Written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this excellent book studies a wide range of contributions and showcases new research on the archaeology, ritual and history of Greek mystery cults. With a lack of written evidence that exists for the mysteries, archaeology has proved central to explaining their significance and this volume is key to understanding a phenomenon central to Greek religion and society.
Language
Physical description
xv, 272 p.; 23.4 cm
ISBN
9780415248730
Copy notes
Reprinted 2004.
Contents: Mycenaean religion at Eleusis: the architecture and stratigraphy of Megaron B / Micahel B. Cosmopoulos -- Festival and mysteries: aspects of the Eleusinian cult / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood -- Stages of initiation in the Eleusinian and Samothracian mysteries / Kevin Clinton -- "In the sanctuary of the Samothracian gods": myth, politics, and mystery cult at Ilion / Mark L. Lawall -- Evolutions of a mystery cult: the Theban Kabiroi / Albert Schachter -- Mystery cults in Arcadia / Madeine Jost -- Trophonius of Lebadea: mystery aspects of an oracular cult in Boeotia / Pierre Bonnechere -- Landscapes of Dionysos and Elysian Fields / Susan G. Cole -- Orphic mysteries and Dionysiac ritual / Noel Robertson -- Lesser mysteries, not less mysterious / Fritz Graf -- Concluding remarks / Michael B. Cosmopoulos.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.
Brown pictorial wraps.
Contents: Mycenaean religion at Eleusis: the architecture and stratigraphy of Megaron B / Micahel B. Cosmopoulos -- Festival and mysteries: aspects of the Eleusinian cult / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood -- Stages of initiation in the Eleusinian and Samothracian mysteries / Kevin Clinton -- "In the sanctuary of the Samothracian gods": myth, politics, and mystery cult at Ilion / Mark L. Lawall -- Evolutions of a mystery cult: the Theban Kabiroi / Albert Schachter -- Mystery cults in Arcadia / Madeine Jost -- Trophonius of Lebadea: mystery aspects of an oracular cult in Boeotia / Pierre Bonnechere -- Landscapes of Dionysos and Elysian Fields / Susan G. Cole -- Orphic mysteries and Dionysiac ritual / Noel Robertson -- Lesser mysteries, not less mysterious / Fritz Graf -- Concluding remarks / Michael B. Cosmopoulos.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.
Brown pictorial wraps.