Greek Gods Abroad (eBook)

Names, Natures, and Transformations

Robert Parker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
261 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96725-0 (ISBN)

Infos

From even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. By the third century b.c., gods bearing Greek names were worshipped everywhere from Spain to Afghanistan, with the resulting religious systems a variable blend of Greek and indigenous elements.Greek Gods Abroadexamines the interaction between Greek religion and the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean with which it came into contact. Robert Parker shows how Greek conventions for naming gods were extended and adapted and provides bold new insights into religious and psychological values across the Mediterranean. The result is a rich portrait of ancient polytheism as it was practiced over 600 years of history.

Inhalt

Preface
1. Names and Epithets
2. Interpretatio
3. Gods of Many Nations and Their Naming in Greek: Non-Greek Naming Traditions
4. Supreme, Ancestral, and Personal Gods
5. Ad Maiorem Deorum Gloriam: The Growth of Praise Epithets
6. Delos: Where God Meets God
Conclusion

Appendix A. Postclassical Use of the Epithet O?ρ?νιος
Appendix B. Translated Theophoric Names
Appendix C. Interpretatio in India
Appendix D. Some Non-Greek Theonyms in Anatolia
Appendix E. Thasian Herakles
Appendix F. Some Epithets in Bilingual Texts
Appendix G. Divine and Human Names Juxtaposed
Appendix H. Exported Gods: Th e Cults of Hellenistic Colonies
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: 3rd century • Afghanistan • Ancient Greece • ancient polytheism • Ancient World • Belief • Eastern Mediterranean • European History • Faith • Greek gods • Greek History • Greek Mythology • Greek religion • indigenous people • indigenous populations • indigenous religion • Mediterranean • naming gods • Polytheism • Psychology • regional • Religion • Religious Studies • settlers • Spain • third century • World History • World Religion • Worship
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96725-9 / 0520967259
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96725-0 / 9780520967250