The Thousand and One Lives of Isis. The Reception of the Deities of the Isiac Circle from Late Antiquity to the Present Day.
PUMirail| N° d'inventaire | 22871 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 304 p., illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Toulouse, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782810706686 |
If the destruction by iron and fire of the great temple of Serapis in Alexandria (392) following the edicts of Theodosius condemning polytheistic practices officially and brutally marked the end of the public worship of the gods of ancient Egypt, the names, images and powers of these once sovereign divinities have survived in the memory of peoples until today, in multiple forms and in varied fields. Revisited, diverted, re-semanticized, sometimes instrumentalized, the divinities of the Isiac circle have crossed the centuries in the arts and music, literature, sciences (including the occult sciences), philosophy, antiquarian knowledge and even politics, giving birth to one of the most abundant imaginaries in existence.
If the destruction by iron and fire of the great temple of Serapis in Alexandria (392) following the edicts of Theodosius condemning polytheistic practices officially and brutally marked the end of the public worship of the gods of ancient Egypt, the names, images and powers of these once sovereign divinities have survived in the memory of peoples until today, in multiple forms and in varied fields. Revisited, diverted, re-semanticized, sometimes instrumentalized, the divinities of the Isiac circle have crossed the centuries in the arts and music, literature, sciences (including the occult sciences), philosophy, antiquarian knowledge and even politics, giving birth to one of the most abundant imaginaries in existence.