Demeter, Isis, Vesta, and Cybele

Studies in Greek and Roman Religion in Honour of Giulia Sfameni Gasparro
2012
ISBN: 978-3-515-10075-5
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Englisch, Französisch, Band 36, 248 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge

Foreign cults of female divinities were often accepted among different cultures and female cults were often reshaped after new models. The transcultural nature of many goddesses and the related problems are at the core of this book, which is dedicated to a prominent scholar in this field, G. Sfameni Gasparro. Social, political and cultural factors are especially taken into account in order to explain different iconographies, names, and kinds of worship which were adopted for goddesses in different areas and times. The multifaceted nature of many female cults is focussed thanks to different methodologies, according to the topics which are investigated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mastrocinque, Attilio

Giuffré Scibona, Concetta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Giuffré Scibona, Concetta
Concetta Giuffré Scibona is Associate Professor of History of Religions and Classical Religions in the University of Messina. She has published widely on Religion of the Western Greeks, Female Cults in Greek Religion, and Manichaean Gnosis.

Mastrocinque, Attilio
Attilio Mastrocinque is professor of Roman history at the University of Verona, fellow of the Humboldt-Stiftung, and director of the excavations at Grumentum.

Attilio Mastrocinque is professor of Roman history at the University of Verona, fellow of the Humboldt-Stiftung, and director of the excavations at Grumentum.

Concetta Giuffré Scibona is Associate Professor of History of Religions and Classical Religions in the University of Messina. She has published widely on Religion of the Western Greeks, Female Cults in Greek Religion, and Manichaean Gnosis.