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The Hera of Zeus
Rethinks the workings of polytheism in ancient Greece through exploring the goddess Hera in her complex relationship to Zeus.
Greek Polytheism: A Historical Subject
Greek polytheism was not a simple collection of juxtaposed gods and goddesses, but a complex interplay between deities at different levels – local, regional and panhellenic. Significant evidence – combining literary, epigraphic, archaeological and iconographic sources – has profoundly renewed the study of Greek polytheism and made it a relevant subject to understand ancient societies from both a historical and anthropological perspective. Greek religion is deeply embedded in unexpected areas and bringing it to the fore helps to enrich our understanding of the ancient Greek world.
Politeia and Koinōnia
Politeia and Koinōnia are forms of government and citizenship, community and participation, from Sappho’s social and political status to the economic and religious activity of women, from the reforms of Solon to the French Revolution. This book by leading scholars in ancient Greek history explores the most important aspects of Greek civilization and those that stirred the most our modern curiosity and our modern perceptions of Greek antiquity. The reason to organize this unique international exchange of ideas was to celebrate the outstanding scholarly achievement of Professor Josine Blok on the occasion of her retirement in 2019.
Le polythéisme comme objet d'histoire
Le polythéisme grec n’est pas une simple juxtaposition de divinités, mais il est fait de leurs interactions à différentes échelles – locale, régionale, panhellénique. De précieuses moissons documentaires – combinant sources littéraires, épigraphiques, archéologiques, iconographiques – en ont profondément renouvelé l’étude et l’ont constitué en objet pertinent pour comprendre les sociétés anciennes dans une perspective tant historique qu’anthropologique. La religion grecque étant profondément imbriquée dans des domaines où nous ne l’attendons pas, la convoquer permet d’enrichir la compréhension du monde grec antique. Vinciane Pirenne Delforge est historienne. Elle a mené sa carrière au Fonds de la recherche scientifique (FNRS) de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, tout en enseignant à l’université de Liège, où elle a dirigé l’unité de recherche « Histoire et anthropologie des religions ». Elle est professeure au Collège de France, titulaire de la chaire « Religion, histoire et société dans le monde grec antique », depuis octobre 2017.
Antike Mythen
Dieser Band versammelt Beiträge von namhaften europäischen und amerikanischenAltertumswissenschaftlern und Religionswissenschaftlern, die einen repräsentativen Querschnitt der zeitgenössischen Erforschung des Mythos, seiner Erscheinungsformen und seiner Transformationen in unterschiedlichen Bereichen und Epochen darbieten.
Le polythéisme grec comme objet d’histoire
Le polythéisme grec n’est pas une simple juxtaposition de divinités, mais il est fait de leurs interactions à différentes échelles – locale, régionale, panhellénique. De précieuses moissons documentaires – combinant sources littéraires, épigraphiques, archéologiques, iconographiques – en ont profondément renouvelé l’étude et l’ont constitué en objet pertinent pour comprendre les sociétés anciennes dans une perspective tant historique qu’anthropologique. La religion grecque étant profondément imbriquée dans des domaines où nous ne l’attendons pas, la convoquer permet d’enrichir la compréhension du monde grec antique.
Religion and Colonization in Ancient Greece
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.-- University of Pennsylvania)
Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome
The polytheistic religious systems of ancient Greece and Rome reveal an imaginative attitude towards the construction of the divine. One of the most important instruments in this process was certainly the visualisation. Images of the gods transformed the divine world into a visually experienceable entity, comprehensible even without a theoretical or theological superstructure. For the illiterates, images were together with oral traditions and rituals the only possibility to approach the idea of the divine; for the intellectuals, images of the gods could be allegorically transcended symbols to reflect upon. Based on the art historical and textual evidence, this volume offers a fresh view on the historical, literary, and artistic significance of divine images as powerful visual media of religious and intellectual communication.
The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom
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 texts. The religion of the Bosporus is viewed in this monograph as a blend of Greek and indigenous Iranian traditions. Its first part is dedicated to the cult of Celestial Aphrodite. The second part examines the controversial cult of the Most High God and its alledged Jewish affinities. The book, illustrated with thirty figures, is an important contribution to the understanding of the religious life in Greek colonies, and the history of Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity.
