Isiac cults in the Greco-Roman world.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 16835 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21 |
| Détails | 576 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251339696 |
Collection "The Book/Document Wheel" No. 66 of Belles Lettres. The spread, throughout the Mediterranean Basin and even beyond (in Arabia, India and distant Britain), of the cult of several divinities originating from Egypt (Isis and her consort Sarapis, their son the little Harpocrates, Anubis the jackal god, Apis the ox of Memphis, Osiris himself) is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Long based on a few literary texts, beautiful Greek and Latin inscriptions, imposing statues from Rome, Athens and elsewhere, our understanding of the reception reserved by non-Egyptians for this divine family has been considerably deepened and refined by the study and analysis of thousands of documents unearthed since the Renaissance (jewelry, statuettes, papyri, ceramics, coins). This richly illustrated collection contains several hundred of these documents, translated into French where appropriate and commented on, revealing the extraordinary impact that the Isiac cults had on the populations of the Greco-Roman world for almost eight centuries.
Collection "The Book/Document Wheel" No. 66 of Belles Lettres. The spread, throughout the Mediterranean Basin and even beyond (in Arabia, India and distant Britain), of the cult of several divinities originating from Egypt (Isis and her consort Sarapis, their son the little Harpocrates, Anubis the jackal god, Apis the ox of Memphis, Osiris himself) is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Long based on a few literary texts, beautiful Greek and Latin inscriptions, imposing statues from Rome, Athens and elsewhere, our understanding of the reception reserved by non-Egyptians for this divine family has been considerably deepened and refined by the study and analysis of thousands of documents unearthed since the Renaissance (jewelry, statuettes, papyri, ceramics, coins). This richly illustrated collection contains several hundred of these documents, translated into French where appropriate and commented on, revealing the extraordinary impact that the Isiac cults had on the populations of the Greco-Roman world for almost eight centuries.