The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God
THE SUPREME GODS OF THE BOSPORAN KINGDOM -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 0.1 Major Works on Greeks and Indigenous Peoples on the Bosporus -- 0.2 Greeks on the Bosporus -- 0.3 Iranians in South Russia -- 0.4 Objects of Art and their Interpretation -- 0.4.1 Anthropomorphic Images in Scythian...
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Leiden
BRILL
1998
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| In: | Year: 1998 |
| Series/Journal: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Ser
v.135 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Ustinova, Yulia: The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom : Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God. - Leiden : BRILL,c1998. - 9789004112315 |
| Summary: | THE SUPREME GODS OF THE BOSPORAN KINGDOM -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 0.1 Major Works on Greeks and Indigenous Peoples on the Bosporus -- 0.2 Greeks on the Bosporus -- 0.3 Iranians in South Russia -- 0.4 Objects of Art and their Interpretation -- 0.4.1 Anthropomorphic Images in Scythian Art -- PART ONE GODDESSES OF THE BOSPORUS -- 1.0 Introduction -- Chapter One The Greek Goddesses of the Bosporus in the Sixth-Early First Centuries BC -- 1.1.1 Aphrodite Apatouros -- 1.1.1.1 Apaturum and Its Location 1.1.1.2 The Cult of Aphrodite Apatouros as Reflected in the Early Epigraphic Evidence -- 1.1.1.3 Aphrodite Ourania in Greek Tradition -- 1.1.1.4 Strabo's Erymological Legend and the Relation between Aphrodite Apatouros and the Indigenous Goddess -- 1.1.1.5 The Etymology of the Word Apatouros -- 1.1.1.6 The Archaeology and Iconography of the Cult of Aphrodite -- 1.1.1.7 The Queen Comosarye Monument -- 1.1.1.8 Some Preliminary Conclusions -- 1.1.2 Demeter and Kore 1.1.2.1 The Epigraphy and Archaeology of the Cult in the Greek Cities -- 1.1.2.2 The Bol'shaya Bliznitza Tumulus -- 1.1.3 Artemis -- 1.1.4 Cybele -- 1.1.5 Hekate -- 1.1.6 Athena -- 1.1.7 Conclusions -- Chapter Two The Local Goddesses -- 1.2.1 Herodotus on the Goddesses of the Scythian Pantheon -- 1.2.1.1 Tabiti -- 1.2.1.2 Api -- 1.2.1.3 Argimpasa -- 1.2.2 The Anguipede Goddess and the Scythian Genealogical Myth -- 1.2.3 Iconography -- 1.2.3.1 The Anguipede Goddess -- 1.2.3.2 The Snake- or Tendril-Limbed Goddess Outside South Russia -- 1.2.3.3 The Goddess with Raised Hands 1.2.3.4 The Winged Goddess -- 1.2.3.5 A Seated Woman with a Man Facing Her -- 1.2.3.6 The Karagodeouashkh Plate -- 1.2.4 Conclusions -- Chapter Three The Great Goddess of the Bosporus in the Late First Century BC-the Fourth Century AD -- 1.3.1 Epigraphic Evidence -- 1.3.1.1 Aphrodite Ourania Apatourou Medeousa -- 1.3.1.2 Other Goddesses -- 1.3.2 Archaeology and Iconography -- 1.3.2.1 Coinage of the First-Third Centuries AD -- 1.3.2.2 Communion with the Goddess -- 1.3.2.3 Aphrodite of Tanais 1.3.2.4 Other Representations of Goddesses in Sculpture -- 1.3.2.5 The Tendril-Limbed Goddess -- 1.3.2.6 Terracotta Figurines -- 1.3.2.7 Vaults and Sarcophagi -- 1.3.2.8 House Shrines of the Goddess and Related Artifacts -- 1.3.3 Conclusions -- PART TWO THEOS HYPSISTOS -- 2.0.1 Introduction -- 2.0.2 The Identification of the Bosporan Theos Hypsistos: A Survey of Approaches -- Chapter One Cult Associations on the Bosporus -- 2.1.1 The Collegia of Tanais -- 2.1.1.1 Membership and Organization -- 2.1.1.2 Officials of the Collegia of Tanais -- 2.1.1.3 The Stele Commemorating the Day of Tanais 2.1.2 Thiasotes from Other Cities of the Bosporus |
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| ISBN: | 9004295909 |