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Mystery cults in visual representation in Graeco-Roman antiquity / edited by Nicole Belayche, Francesco Massa
Ouvrage
Appartient aux collections: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633, 194, Leiden [etc.], 1992-.... Notices liées : 8
Publication: Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2021 cop. Description: 1 vol. (XIII-237 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 25 cmCollection : Religions in the Graeco-Roman world; volume 194, ISSN 0927-7633ISBN: 9789004439320 ; 9004439323.Langue: Anglais ; FrançaisPays: Pays-Bas Auteur principal: Belayche, Nicole, Editeur scientifique, 1952-.... Co-auteur: Massa, Francesco, Editeur scientifique, 19.. Résumé: "Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cultic rituals renowned for both their "mysteries" and their images. This book tackles three interrelated questions. Focusing on the cult of Dionysus, it analyses whether, and how, images are used to depict mystery cults. The relationship between historiography and images of mystery cults is considered with a focus on the Mithraic and Isiac cults. Finally, turning to the cults of Dionysus and the Mother of the Gods, this works shows how depictions of specific cultic objects succeed in expressing mystery cults". Item type: Ouvrage
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Besançon : ISTA - Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Antiquité Libre accès Cr-B 4894-194 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20214894
Lyon : MOM - Bibliothèque de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Libre accès Papier HCL BL775.M9. M88 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 162762

Contributions en français et en anglais

Bibliogr. p. 219-228. Index p. 229-237

"Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cultic rituals renowned for both their "mysteries" and their images. This book tackles three interrelated questions. Focusing on the cult of Dionysus, it analyses whether, and how, images are used to depict mystery cults. The relationship between historiography and images of mystery cults is considered with a focus on the Mithraic and Isiac cults. Finally, turning to the cults of Dionysus and the Mother of the Gods, this works shows how depictions of specific cultic objects succeed in expressing mystery cults"

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