Mystery cults in visual representation in Graeco-Roman antiquity

"Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cult...

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Contributors: Belayche, Nicole 1952- (Editor) ; Massa, Francesco (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
French
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2021]
In: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world (volume 194)
Year: 2021
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world volume 194
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / Roman Empire / Cult / Depiction / History 500 BC-500
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Mysteries, Religious, in art
B Mysteries, Religious (Rome)
B Cults (Rome)
B Rome Religion
Online Access: Table of Contents
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cultic rituals renowned for both their "mysteries" and their images. This book tackles three interrelated questions. Focusing on the cult of Dionysus, it analyses whether, and how, images are used to depict mystery cults. The relationship between historiography and images of mystery cults is considered with a focus on the Mithraic and Isiac cults. Finally, turning to the cults of Dionysus and the Mother of the Gods, this works shows how depictions of specific cultic objects succeed in expressing mystery cults"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004439323