Egyptianizing figurines from Delos
Barrett, Caitlín.
Egyptianizing figurines from Delos a study in Hellenistic religion / [electronic resource] : Caitlín Barrett. - Leiden : BRILL, 2011. - 1 online resource (832 p.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction: Egyptianizing Cult at a Crossroads of Hellenistic Trade; Manufacturing Techniques, Technological Style, and the Question of Egyptian Coroplasts on Delos; The Eye of the Sun and the Inundation of the Nile: Iconographic Evidence for Egyptian Theology on Delos; A Contextual Analysis of the Findspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines on Delos; Conclusions: Syncretic Theology in Household Cult; TIMELINE OF DELIAN HISTORY; appendiX B; CATALOG OF EGYPTIAN AND EGYPTIANIZING TERRACOTTA FIGURINES AND PLASTIC VASES FROM HELLENISTIC DELOS; appendiX C. List of Unpublished Field Notes CitedBibliography.
This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
9789004222663 (electronic bk.) 9004222669 (electronic bk.)
Cults--Greece.
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic--Delos Islands.--Greece
Art.
Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Delos Island (Greece)--Religion.
Egypt--Religion--Influence.
Electronic books.
NB155
299.31093915
Egyptianizing figurines from Delos a study in Hellenistic religion / [electronic resource] : Caitlín Barrett. - Leiden : BRILL, 2011. - 1 online resource (832 p.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction: Egyptianizing Cult at a Crossroads of Hellenistic Trade; Manufacturing Techniques, Technological Style, and the Question of Egyptian Coroplasts on Delos; The Eye of the Sun and the Inundation of the Nile: Iconographic Evidence for Egyptian Theology on Delos; A Contextual Analysis of the Findspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines on Delos; Conclusions: Syncretic Theology in Household Cult; TIMELINE OF DELIAN HISTORY; appendiX B; CATALOG OF EGYPTIAN AND EGYPTIANIZING TERRACOTTA FIGURINES AND PLASTIC VASES FROM HELLENISTIC DELOS; appendiX C. List of Unpublished Field Notes CitedBibliography.
This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
9789004222663 (electronic bk.) 9004222669 (electronic bk.)
Cults--Greece.
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic--Delos Islands.--Greece
Art.
Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Delos Island (Greece)--Religion.
Egypt--Religion--Influence.
Electronic books.
NB155
299.31093915
