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Alexandros, oder, Der Lügenprophet /
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Lucian's Alexander the False Prophet is the only literary testimony to a highly influential cult of the 'New Asclepios Glycon' which, as archaeological evidence continues to document, spread all over the eastern Mediterranean basin throughout the second and third centuries AD. This book offers an analysis of the complete manuscript tradition, a newly constituted text and a German translation. The extensive introduction deals with (1) the archaeological evidence, (2) the question of Lucian's historical reliability, (3) the reasons for Lucian's opposition to the oracle of Abonuteichos, (4) the institutions and the teaching of the cult at Abonuteichos. Furthermore, there is a commentary on all philological and historical questions and on those issues relevant to the history of religions. Lucian's Alexander is not one of his satirical bravuras, but a strikingly successful attempt at writing a work of contemporary history - a practical example of what the author himself has theoretically discussed in his work, How to Write History .
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1 online resource (viii, 180 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index. :
9789004295896 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Greek religious terminology : telete and orgia : a revised and expanded English edition of the studies by Zijderveld and Van der Burg /
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A proper understanding of the words τελετή and ὄργια and the context in which they occur is fundamental to the study of Greek religion. This volume seeks to make a significant portion of the source material available to present-day students of religions in the Graeco-Roman world. The ancient texts are accompanied by English translations. Revised chapters from the seminal works by Zijderveld (1934) and Van der Burg (1939) show a whole range of different contexts in ancient literature, thus arguing against an automatic equation of τελετή and ὄργια with mystery rites. New chapters give an overview of the loanword orgia in Latin poetry, and of τελετή and ὄργια in the epigraphical evidence.
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1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and indexes. :
9789047440499 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Le mythe de Tirésias : essai d'analyse structurale /
: "Publié avec le concours du Centre national français de la recherche scientifique"--Title page verso. : 1 online resource (169 pages, [12] pages of plates) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 143) and indexes. : 9789004295285 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Isis-book : (Metamorphoses, book XI) /
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English and Latin, with introduction and commentary in English.
Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xviii, 440 pages, [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-387). :
9789004295070 :
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Herodotus.
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The collection of thirteen codices found in upper Egypt near Nag Hammadi in 1946 is one of the major archaeological discoveries of our time. Apparently the library of a Gnostic community in late antiquity, the codices are a repository of important spiritual materials from throughout the ancient world. Hence a thorough analysis of this new material is indispensable for any proper understanding of the history of religions in this period. The rich documentation which the codices add to early Coptic text material promises to raise to a new precision the historical analysis of that language.|This edition presents collotype reproductions in natural size of all folios of the thirteen codices as well as reproductions of the covers and photographs previously taken of fragments that are now lost.
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Reprinted, 1994. :
1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations, maps (1 folded) :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004295094 :
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