Volume 4 of the highly acclaimed Olympians series! Hades: Lord of the Dead tells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades’ abduction of Perseph
Volume 4 of the highly acclaimed Olympians series! Hades: Lord of the Dead tells the story of the great God of the Underworld and one of the most famous of all Greek myths: Hades’ abduction of Perseph
Myths Understood is an innovative new series that explores how myths reveal a culture's way of life. Each book begins with a brief overview of a civilization, including information about the physical
Myths Understood is an innovative new series that explores how myths reveal a culture's way of life. Each book begins with a brief overview of a civilization, including information about the physical
This monograph on ancient Greek religious ritual provides an examination and analysis of the textural artifact outlining the rules of ceremony for one of the lesser known Mysteries, or religious cults
This volume sheds light on the most relevant pieces of evidence for ancient Orphism, collected in the recent edition by Alberto Bernabe. It contains 65 short new studies on Orphic fragments by leading
Images and inscriptions indicate how priests and cult personnel saw themselves and were viewed by others. Cultural records like dedications, honorific statues and decrees are central to understanding
Classicists, historians, and archaeologists ponder whether contemporary artists, writers, and philosophers considered Dionysos to be a different kind of god than the rest of the Greek pantheon, as so
This book presents an up-to-date discussion of the Roman imperial cult (the divinization of the emperor) and its general importance in early Christianity and ancient Mediterranean religions. It featur
Anteros: A Forgotten Myth explores how the myth of Anteros disappears and reappears throughout the centuries, from classical Athens to the present day, and looks at how the myth challenges the work of
Anteros: A Forgotten Myth explores how the myth of Anteros disappears and reappears throughout the centuries, from classical Athens to the present day, and looks at how the myth challenges the work of
Additional contributing writers: Brian Clevinger, Jock, Ben McCool, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, Jeff Parker and Paul TobinAdditional contributing illustrators: Dennis Calero, Kevin Colden, Stev
This is the first history of epiphany as both a phenomenon and a cultural discourse within the Graeco-Roman world. It explores divine manifestations and their representations both in art and in literary, historical and epigraphic accounts. The cultural analysis of epiphany is set within a historical framework that examines its development from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. In particular, a surprisingly large number of the images that have survived from antiquity are not only religious but epiphanically charged. Verity Platt argues that the enduring potential for divine incursions into mortal experience provides a reliable cognitive structure that supports both ancient religion and mythology. At the same time, Graeco-Roman culture exhibits a sophisticated awareness of the difficulties in apprehending deity and representing divine presence, and of the potential for the manmade sign to lead the worshipper back to an unmediated epiphanic encounter.
Retells the ancient Greek myths of Orion, Tantalus, Poseidon and Amphitrite, Athene, Theseus and Procrustes, Sisyphus, Phaeethon, and Semele in the voice of a wandering ancient storyteller.
Retells the ancient Greek myths of Zeus and Hera, Persephone, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Europa, Danae, Perseus, and the birth of Apollo and Artemis, in the voice of a wandering ancient storyteller.
Embark on a journey through the ancient world and enjoy the greatest stories ever told in the first of a highly-collectible series of Greek myths for children aged 5-8.Long ago, in ancient Greece, the
This book explores the territorial expansion of the Thessalian League ca. 196-27 BCE, the development of the state religion of the League, and the tension between regional political identity and local
This collection of papers, many of them either published here in English for the first time or previously available only in specialist libraries, deals with the religious history of the Roman Empire.
