Names of gods. Portraits of ancient deities.
Anacharsis| N° d'inventaire | 23298 |
| Format | 12.5 x 20 |
| Détails | 320 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791027904082 |
Under the direction of Corinne Bonnet. With Ginevra Benedetti, Maria Bianco, Laurent Bricault, Pierre Brulé, Marinella Ceravolo, Thomas Galoppin, Adeline Grand-Clément, Élodie Guillon, Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Sylvain Lebreton and Fabio Porzia. What is in the name of a god? "Thundering Zeus", "Three-faced Moon", "Baal of Strength" or the enigmatic "YHWH" conceal in their simple statement the emergence of a form, the awakening of a superhuman power. From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods manifest their areas of competence and their capacities for action as well as the uses made of them in polytheistic societies. Through the study of these names, the twelve chapters of this work thus unfold a gallery of portraits of divinities which invites us to discover the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.
Under the direction of Corinne Bonnet. With Ginevra Benedetti, Maria Bianco, Laurent Bricault, Pierre Brulé, Marinella Ceravolo, Thomas Galoppin, Adeline Grand-Clément, Élodie Guillon, Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider, Sylvain Lebreton and Fabio Porzia. What is in the name of a god? "Thundering Zeus", "Three-faced Moon", "Baal of Strength" or the enigmatic "YHWH" conceal in their simple statement the emergence of a form, the awakening of a superhuman power. From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods manifest their areas of competence and their capacities for action as well as the uses made of them in polytheistic societies. Through the study of these names, the twelve chapters of this work thus unfold a gallery of portraits of divinities which invites us to discover the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.