The mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos [electronic resource] : cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world / Guy MacLean Rogers.
Series: SynkrisisPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 500 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780300182705
- 0300182708
- Artemis (Greek deity) -- Cult -- Turkey -- Ephesus (Extinct city)
- Artemis (Greek deity)
- Ephesus (Extinct city) -- Religion
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic
- HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome
- Cults
- Religion
- Turkey -- Ephesus (Extinct city)
- Artemis (Greek deity) -- Cult -- Turkey -- Ephesus (Extinct city)
- Ephesus (Extinct city) -- Religion
- 282.080939/23 23
- BL820.D5 R64 2012eb
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.
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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.
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