Cybele, Attis and Related Cults

Essays in Memory of M.J. Vermaseren

Buch | Ledereinband/Edeleinband

452 Seiten

1996
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-10196-8 (ISBN)

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These collected essays on the cult of Cybele and Attis represent an international tribute to the late Professor M.J. Vermaseren. Articles included treat aspects of this cult form its origin through its last manifestations in the later Roman Empire.

This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Peninsula.
It combines the work of established scholars with that of young researchers in the field, and represents a truly international perspective.
The reader will find treatment inter alia of Cybele's emasculated priests, the Galli; the dissemination of Cybele-cult through the harbour city, Miletus; the cult of Cybele in Ephesus; the rock-cut sanctuary of Cybele at Akrai in Sicily; the competition between the Cybele-cult and Christianity; and the role of Attis in Neo-Platonic philosophy.

Eugene N. Lane, Ph.D. (1962) in Classics, Yale University, is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri. His publications include Corpus Monumentorum Religionis Dei Menis in four volumes, and volumes 2 and 3 of Corpus Cultus Iovis Sabazii, both published by Brill.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1996
Reihe/Serie	Religions in the Graeco-Roman World ; 131
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	935 g
Einbandart	Leinen
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	90-04-10196-9 / 9004101969
ISBN-13	978-90-04-10196-8 / 9789004101968
Zustand	Neuware