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Mystery cults of the ancient world

Hugh Bowden
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010

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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