Petsophas
Author | : Bogdan Rutkowski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art, Minoan |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Bogdan Rutkowski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art, Minoan |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bernard C. Dietrich |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2016-07-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3110840871 |
Nilsson's seminal work on Minoan-Myceanaean religion had its second edition in 1950 prior to the decipherment of Linear B; yet he found much in the archaeological record of the Bronze Age which he associated with later Greek religion. In that respect his insights were vindicated by the reading of those tablets which bore the names of classical Greek divinities, though at tme time new conclusions were needed about Indo-European arrival in Greek lands. Dietrich, with Nilsson very much in mind, starts from the premises that beliefs and their associated rites are inherently conservative; that, even where populations change, they tend to do so gradually, creating fusions rather than wholesale disruptions in ritual practice. An understanding of classical Greek religion thus, necessarily, depends on appreciation of its forerunners in the Bronze Age; and they, in turn, on evidence from the better documented religions of the Middle East. Dietrich's four main chapters deal first with those eastern links; then with the old traditions of Minoan Crete; next with the interplay of pre-Greek Minoan and Greek Mycenaean cultures; and finally he attempts to bridge the commonly assumed divide between bronze age and archaic Greece. Appendixes deal with Minoan peak-sanctuaries, with Apollo at Delphi, and (sympathetically) with Nilsson's pervasive view that Greek mythology was first formulated in the Mycenaean age. In these areas a great deal more work has been done since 1974. Dietrich's thoroughly researched work was at once trend-setting and provocative. It is here made available for the first time in paperback; for it still contains much of importance for the student of Greek religion.
Author | : D. Michaelides |
Publisher | : Oxbow Books |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2014-05-30 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1782972366 |
There are many recoverable aspects and indications concerning medicine and healing in the ancient past – from the archaeological evidence of skeletal remains, grave-goods comprising medical and/or surgical equipment and visual representations in tombs and other monuments thorough to epigraphic and literary sources. The 42 papers presented here cover many aspects medicine in the Mediterranean world during Antiquity and early Byzantine times, bringing together both internationally established specialists on the history of medicine and researchers in the early stages of their career. The contributions are grouped under a series of headings: medicine and archaeology; media (online access to electronic corpus); the Aegean; medical authors/schools of medicine; surgery; medicaments and cures; skeletal remains; new research in Cyprus; Asklepios and incubation; and Byzantine, Arab and medieval sources. These subject areas are addressed through a combination of wide ranging archaeological and osteological data and the examination and interpretation of philosophical, literary and historiographical texts to provide a comprehensive suite of studies into early practices in this fundamental field of human experience.
Author | : Ernst Grumach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Inscriptions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Aegaean Sea Region |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sarah Cappel |
Publisher | : Presses universitaires de Louvain |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2015-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 2875583948 |
More than 100 years ago Sir Arthur Evans' spade made the first cut into the earth above the now well-known Palace at Knossos. His research saw the birth of a new discipline: Minoan Archaeology. The present volume aim to outline current trends and prospects of this scientific field.
Author | : Marina L. Moss |
Publisher | : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The aim of this study is to explore the archaeological evidence from a selection of sites used for religion on Crete from the Middle to Late Minoan period (c.2000-c.1000 BCE), interpreting the symbolism of finds in order to identify the types of deities worshipped there. Finds from a selection of sites are described and discussed, from sanctuaries on hills, caves and rural sanctuaries; where relevant, other elements such as features in the landscape, or the use of a site for the observation of celestial phenomena, are taken into account. Rather than focussing on the development and use of cult material, this study uses iconography with cross-cultural comparisons in order to try to identify the types of deities worshipped and to assess the nature of possible foreign influence on the religion of Crete in the Bronze Age.
Author | : Philip P. Betancourt |
Publisher | : INSTAP Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2012-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623030307 |
Contributions by 37 scholars are brought together here to create a volume in honor of the long and fruitful career of Costis Davaras, former Ephor of Crete and Professor Emeritus of Minoan Archaeology at the University of Athens. Articles pertain to Bronze Age Crete and include mortuary studies, experimental archaeology, numerous artifactual studies, and discussions on the greater Minoan civilization.
Author | : Mieke Prent |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 813 |
Release | : 2005-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9047406907 |
This volume offers a contextual study of sanctuaries and cults in Crete in the transitional period from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic period (c.1200 to 600 BC). It provides a dynamic picture of the interplay of religious tradition and societal change in a period long considered a 'Dark Age' by Classical scholarship.
Author | : Jennifer Lynn Larson |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0415324483 |
Using archaeological, epigraphic and literary sources, and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume offers an accessible account of the Greek gods for undergraduate students.