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Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Jessica Hughes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It c
Bodies of Evidence
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Jane Draycott
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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Dedicating objects to the divine was a central component of both Greek and Roman religion. Some of the most conspicuous offerings were shaped like parts of the
Votive Body Parts in Greek and Roman Religion
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Jessica Hughes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-06 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book analyses hundreds of votive body parts to examine how ideas about the human body changed throughout classical antiquity.
Greek Religion
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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A survey of the religious beliefs of ancient Greece covers sacrifices, libations, purification, gods, heroes, the priesthood, oracles, festivals, and the afterl
Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: C. M. C. Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The sanctuary dedicated to Diana at Aricia flourished from the Bronze age to the second century CE. From its archaic beginnings in the wooded crater beside the