TY - BOOK AU - Stančo,Ladislav TI - Greek Gods in the East: Hellenistic iconographic schemes in Central Asia SN - 9788024624679 AV - N7760 .S73 2015eb U1 - 709.38 PY - 2015/// CY - Prague PB - Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press KW - Mythology, Greek, in art KW - Goddesses, Greek, in art KW - Gods, Greek, in art KW - Antiquities KW - Art, Asian KW - Greek influences KW - Art, Central Asian KW - Art, Hellenstic KW - Themes, motives KW - Asia, Central KW - ART KW - History KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Art, Hellenistic KW - Goddesses in art KW - Gods in art KW - Kunst KW - gnd KW - Götter KW - Motiv KW - Griechenland KW - Altertum, Motiv KW - Mythologie KW - Hellenistik KW - Asia KW - Bactria KW - Gandhara KW - Asien KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Definition of the subject; 1.2 Political continuity; 1.3 A note on Kushan chronology; 2 An iconographicanalysis of the Hellenisticsubjects in the artof Gandhara, Bactriaand the adjoining areasof the Kushan Empire; 2.1 General remarks; 2.2 Greek mythological figures in the east; 2.2.1 Adonis; 2.2.2 Aphrodite; 2.2.3 Apollo; 2.2.4 Ares; 2.2.5 Artemis; 2.2.6 Athena; 2.2.7 Atlantes; 2.2.8 Centaur; 2.2.9 Cybele; 2.2.10 Demeter; 2.2.11 Dionysus; 2.2.12 The Dioscuri; 2.2.13 Eros/Cupids; 2.2.14 Harpocrates; 2.2.15 Helios; 2.2.16 Heracles; 2.2.17 Hermes; 2.2.18 Nereids2.2.19 Nike; 2.2.20 Poseidon; 2.2.21 River gods; 2.2.22 Sarapis; 2.2.23 Tyche / City goddess; 2.2.24 Zeus; 2.3 Other schemes of Greek origin; 2.3.1 Various themes; 2.3.2 Drinking, dancing and erotic scenes; 2.4 Greek deities identified with Iranian or Indian ones; 2.4.1 Tyche-Hariti-Ardokhsho-Lakshmi; 2.4.2 Heracles-Vajrapani; 2.4.3 Pharro / Panchika / Hermes; 2.4.4 Shiva -- Vesho -- Veshparkar with attributes of Poseidon, Zeus and Heracles; 3 Conclusions; 4 Bibliography N2 - This book focuses on the fate of the Greek mythological themes, divine and heroic figures, far in the East, primarily in the area of ancient Gandhara and Bactria (today in Uzbekistan). In alphabetic order, it covers primary iconographic schemes, which the art of these areas borrowed from the Hellenistic Mediterranean. We can compare how individual typical depictions of Greek deities changed and accommodated the taste and ideas of the local populace over the centuries. Aside from this, many of the originally Greek mythological characters, including their typical attributes, became, as this book UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=988937 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=988937 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=988937 ER -