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Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas

By Laurent Bricault

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2019
ISBN
9004413898, 9789004413894
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16283944 bytes)
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 190
Pages
354\403
Topic
Religion
Time added
2020-12-26 14:09:53

Description

In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas, Laurent Bricault, one of the principal scholars of the cults of Isis, presents a new interpretation of the multiple sources that present Isis as a goddess of the seas. Bricault discusses a wealth of relatively unknown archaeological and textual data, drawing on a profound knowledge of their historical context. After decades of scholarly study, Bricault offers an important contribution and a new phase in the debate on understanding the "diffusion" as well as the "reception" of the cults of Isis in the Graeco-Roman world. This book, the first English-language monograph by the leading French scholar in the field, underlines the importance of Isis Studies for broader debates in the study of ancient religion.

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