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Rogers, Guy MacLean.

The mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world / [electronic resource] : Guy MacLean Rogers. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 500 pages). - Synkrisis . - Synkrisis. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Continuity in change -- Funeral games -- Mysteries and sacrifices -- Mystic sacrifices -- Kouretes eusebeis -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi kai bouleutai -- "The nurse of its own Ephesian god" -- "Our common salvation" -- Cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world.

In this work, the author sets out the evidence for the celebration of Artemis's mysteries against the background of the remarkable urban development of the city of Ephesos during the Roman Empire and then proposes an entirely new theory about the great secret that was revealed to initiates into Artemis's mysteries.

ISBN: 9780300182705 0300182708

Source: 405482 MIL 22573/ctt2zx8wj JSTOR DB39787E-C296-42B0-BB61-29B8C21A2FDE OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Subjects--Personal Names:
Artemis (Greek deity) --Cult--Turkey--Ephesus (Extinct city)
Artemis (Greek deity)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome.
Cults.
Religion.
Artemis (Greek deity) -- Cult -- Turkey -- Ephesus (Extinct city).
Ephesus (Extinct city) -- Religion.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ephesus (Extinct city)--Religion.
Turkey--Ephesus (Extinct city)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL820.D5 / R64 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 282.080939/23