The religious identification of Ptolemaic Queens with Greek and Egyptian deities has thus far received rather marginal attention in studies of Hellenistic ruler cults. This dissertation presents an interpretation of the ideological importance and symbolic significance of the que…
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Late-eighteenth-century Germany cultivated a pervasive interest in Ancient Egypt. A central symbol of this cultural construct was the Goddess Isis, defined by her well known inscription: "I am all that is, that was, and that shall be and no mortal has lifted my veil." On the sur…
In the troubled period of the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Principate, three gods of eastern origin--the Phrygian Cybele and the Egyptian Isis and Serapis--had specific cult places at Rome, and they seem to enliven the religious, intellectual, and even political …
I culti isiaci nell'Italia settentrionale
by Fontana, Federica, Murgia, Emanuela
fromPolymnia
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Type: Book
