Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos /

Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos /

This monograph focuses on religion to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. It approaches politico-religious ideological responses...

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Main Author: Papantoniou, Giorgos.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 347.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Religion and politics > Cyprus.
Religion and sociology > Cyprus.
Archaeology and religion > Cyprus.
Iron age > Cyprus.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology
Cyprus > Antiquities.
Cyprus > Civilization.
Mediterranean Region > Civilization > Greek influences.

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Call Number: BL65.P7 P37 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 'Setting the Scene': Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation
  • Sacred Landscapes
  • Case Studies: Change and Variation
  • Cypriot 'Portraits'
  • Conclusions
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Landscapes
  • Appendix 2. 'Portraits'
  • Bibliography
  • Figures
  • Index.