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Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 190)

By Laurent Bricault

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2019
ISBN
9789004413894, 9789004413900, 9004413898
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16283944 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
402\403
Time added
2023-12-09 17:43:59

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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