Preliminary Materials /J. Alvar Ezquerra -- Chapter One. Religion, Cult And Mystery /J. Alvar Ezquerra -- Chapter Two. Systems Of Belief /J. Alvar Ezquerra -- Chapter Three. Systems Of Value /J. Alvar Ezquerra -- Chapter Four. The Ritual Systems /J. Alvar Ezquerra -- Chapter Fiv…
The traditional grand narrative correlating the decline of Graeco-Roman religion with the rise of Christianity has been under increasing pressure. This book argues that the alternative accounts now emerging significantly underestimate the role of three major cults, of Cybele and…
This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Penin…
