The supreme gods of the Bosporan Kingdom : Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God /

The supreme gods of the Bosporan Kingdom : Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God /

This is the first systematic study of the cults of the Bosporan Kingdom, which existed in South Russia in the first centuries AD. The research is based on a variety of sources: archaeological evidence and inscriptions, largely unknown to the non-Russian readers, as well as historical and literary te...

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Main Author: Ustinova, Yulia.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 135.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

Aphrodite > (Greek deity) > Cult > History. > Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine and Russia)
Aphrodite > (Greek deity)
Gods > History.
Gods, Greek > Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine and Russia) > History.
Cults.
Gods.
Gods, Greek.
Religion.
Kerch Strait Region (Ukraine and Russia) > Religion.
Europe > Kerch Strait Region.
History.

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Call Number: BL980.U38 U88 1999

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE GREEK GODDESSES OF THE BOSPORUS IN THE SIXTH-EARLY FIRST CENTURIES BC
  • THE LOCAL GODDESSES
  • THE GREAT GODDESS OF THE BOSPORUS IN THE LATE FIRST CENTURY BC-THE FOURTH CENTURY AD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CULT ASSOCIATIONS ON THE BOSPORUS
  • THEOS HYPSISTOS AND JUDAISM
  • THE MOST HIGH GOD AND SABAZIOS
  • THE MOST HIGH GOD OF THE BOSPORUS AND IRANIAN TRADITION
  • SUMMARY
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ADDENDA
  • INDEX
  • SOURCES OF THE PLATES
  • PLATES AND MAPS.