Legend of Attis in Greek and Roman art

Legend of Attis in Greek and Roman art

Author: M.J. Vermaseren

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9004296166

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Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- ATTIS' BIRTH -- ATTIS' CHILDHOOD -- CYBELE'S PASSION FOR ATTIS -- ATTIS SESE MUTILANS ET MORIENS -- ATTIS TRISTIS ET HILARIS -- PLATE I.


Catullus' Poem on Attis

Catullus' Poem on Attis

Author: Ruud R. Nauta

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-08-30

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 9047414462

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Catullus 63, the poem on Attis’ self-castration, regret, and final subjection to the goddess Cybele, has been called ‘the most remarkable poetical creation in the Latin language’. Scholarly debate has focused on the poem’s relationship to the myths and cults of Attis and Cybele, its dependence on Hellenistic models, its meanings for a Roman audience, and its unusual language and metre. In the present volume these questions are being addressed by a team of specialists in religious history, Hellenistic poetry, Roman poetry and culture, and Latin linguistics. The volume not only sheds much new light on a fascinating poem, it also demonstrates how the various disciplines of Classics may cooperate towards a better understanding of ancient culture. The contents of this volume also appear in Mnemosyne, 57,5. (2004), as a special issue on Catullus.


Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 1: Ter Unus. Isis, Dionysos, Hermes. Three Studies in Henotheism

Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 1: Ter Unus. Isis, Dionysos, Hermes. Three Studies in Henotheism

Author: Henk Versnel

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9004296727

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This is the first of a two-volume collection of studies in inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. The first volume focuses on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism. The term 'henotheism' -- a modern formation after the stereotyped acclamation: #EIS O QEOS# ("one is the god"), common to early Christianity and contemporaneous paganism -- denotes the specific devotion to one particular god without denying the existence of, or even cultic attention to, other gods. After its prime in the twenties and thirties of this century the term fell into disuse. Nonetheless, the notion of henotheism represents one of the most remarkable and significant shifts in Graeco-Roman religion and hence deserves fresh reconsideration.


Ancient Greece and Rome

Ancient Greece and Rome

Author: Keith Hopwood

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780719024016

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Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics. The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell. 'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.


Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion. 1, Ter Unus

Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion. 1, Ter Unus

Author: H. S. Versnel

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9789004092662

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This is the first of a two-volume collection of studies in inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. The first volume focuses on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism. The term 'henotheism' -- a modern formation after the stereotyped acclamation: #EIS O QEOS# ("one is the god"), common to early Christianity and contemporaneous paganism -- denotes the specific devotion to one particular god without denying the existence of, or even cultic attention to, other gods. After its prime in the twenties and thirties of this century the term fell into disuse. Nonetheless, the notion of henotheism represents one of the most remarkable and significant shifts in Graeco-Roman religion and hence deserves fresh reconsideration.


The Roman Castrati

The Roman Castrati

Author: Shaun Tougher

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-11-12

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1441174419

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Eunuchs tend to be associated with eastern courts, popularly perceived as harem personnel. However, the Roman empire was also distinguished by eunuchs – they existed as slaves, court officials, religious figures and free men. This book is the first to be devoted to the range of Roman eunuchs. Across seven chapters (spanning the third century BC to the sixth century AD), Shaun Tougher examines the history of Roman eunuchs, focusing on key texts and specific individuals. Subjects met include the Galli (the self-castrating devotees of the goddess the Great Mother), Terence's comedy The Eunuch (the earliest surviving Latin text to use the word 'eunuch'), Sporus and Earinus the eunuch favourites of the emperors Nero and Domitian, the 'Ethiopian eunuch' of the Acts of the Apostles (an early convert to Christianity), Favorinus of Arles (a superstar intersex philosopher), the Grand Chamberlain Eutropius (the only eunuch ever to be consul), and Narses the eunuch general who defeated the Ostrogoths and restored Italy to Roman rule. A key theme of the chapters is gender, inescapable when studying castrated males. Ultimately this book is as much about the eunuch in the Roman imagination as it is the reality of the eunuch in the Roman empire.


Asia Minor

Asia Minor

Author: M. J. Vermaseren

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 9004295194

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Preliminary material -- SYRIA ET COMMAGENE -- CAPPADOCIA -- GALATIA -- PHRYGIA -- PONTUS ET PAPHLAGONIA -- BITHYNIA -- MYSIA ET TROAS -- LYDIA -- AEOLIS ET IONIA -- CARIA -- LYCIA ET PAMPHYLIA -- PISIDIA ET ISAURIA -- LYCAONIA -- CILICIA -- MONUMENTA IN ASIA MINORE LOCIS IGNOTIS REPERTA -- PHOENICIA -- PALAESTINA -- MESOPOTAMIA -- BACTRIANA -- INDICES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE PLATES -- Plates I-CXCIX and a folding mappages.