Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion /

This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines' iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs,...

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Main Author: Barrett, Caitlin E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 36.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223240.

Subjects:

Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic > Greece > Delos Island.

Cults > Greece > Delos Island.

Delos Island (Greece) > Religion.

Egypt > Religion > Influence.