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Table of Contents:

• The Eleusinian mysteries
• The mysteries of the Kabeiroi and the great gods of Samothrace
• Other mystery sanctuaries in the Greek world
• The mother of the gods
• Dionysus
• Private initiation
• Words written on gold
• Isis
• Mithras
• The end of the mysteries
• Encountering the sacred.

Author/Creator:

Bowden, Hugh

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mystery cults of the ancient world [by Bowden, H.]

Subjects:

Mysteries, Religious

Civilization, Ancient — Religion

Cults

Greece — Religion

Rome (Empire) — Religion

Civilization, Ancient

Religion

Greece

Rome (Empire)

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Call Numbers:

BL610 .B69 2010

ISBNs:

9780691146386
0691146381

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009938050

OCLC Numbers:

466341396