Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion

Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion / Caitlín Barrett.

This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official&qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barrett, Caitlín E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Series:Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 36.
Subjects:
Cults > Greece.
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic > Greece > Delos Islands.
Art.
Religion.
religion (discipline)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Art
Cults
Religion
Religion > Influence
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic
Hellenismus
Terrakotta
Hellenismus.
Terrakotta.
Statuette.
Delos Island (Greece) > Religion.
Egypt > Religion > Influence.
Greece
Egypt
Greece > Delos Island
Delos
Ägypten > Altertum
Delos.
Ägypten (Altertum)
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 731 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004222663
9004222669
9789004207974
900420797X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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