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Networks and Narratives: A Model for Ancient Greek Religion [PDF]
Kernos, 2011 Polis religion has become the dominant model for the description of ritual activity in ancient Greek communities. Indeed, scholars have invoked polis religion to try to resolve the much-debated question of the definition of magic vs. religion, arguing that particular ‘magical’ practices, and their practitioners, do not belong to ‘collective polis ...
Eidinow, Esther
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“ΟΥΔΕΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΚΛΟΠΗΝ”: Hermes the Transformer
Ágora, 2015 Hermes holds a special place in Greek religion. His name is recorded on the Mycenaean tablets. Most Greek sources connect his cult with Attica and relate his name with ἑρμαῖος λόφος and its transformation into Hermai. Hermes got many epithets, reflecting
Ifigenija Radulović +2 more
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Women’s Voice and Religious Utterances in Ancient Greece
Religions, 2011 This paper tackles the issue of women and religion through a particular looking glass: religious utterances such as curses, supplication, and prayer, as reflected in some passages from ancient Greek epic and tragedy—pivotal literary genres in the ...
Manuela Giordano
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Ancient Wisdom and the Modern Temper. On the Role of Greek Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition in Hans Jonas’s Philosophical Anthropology [PDF]
, 2017 The question on the essence of man and his relationship to nature is certainly one of the most important themes in the philosophy of Hans Jonas. One of the ways by which Jonas approaches the issue consists in a comparison between the contemporary ...
Fossa, Fabio
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Places of worship and religious beliefs in the ancient Latium and recent archaeological excavations
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2019 The influence of recent archaeological excavations in the territory of Latium and Rome on the restoration of some aspects of the religious life in these areas was discussed.
L.M. Shmeleva
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Cultos a filósofos griegos antiguos en Diógenes Laercio: evidencias y funciones
Mythos, 2020 It is now admitted without discussion that, in some cases, there is good evidence for a real heroification or deification of ancient Greek philosophers after their deaths, by establishing a cult, or a sacred space, with an altar, which is sometimes both ...
Sergi Grau
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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion [PDF]
Kernos, 2015 INTRODUCTION PART 1: WHAT IS ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION? PART 2: TYPES OF EVIDENCE PART 3: MYTHS? CONTEXTS AND REPRESENTATIONS PART 4: WHERE? PART 5: HOW? PART 6: WHO? PART 7: WHAT? PART 8: WHEN? PART 9: BEYOND?
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Higher Education in Arab Countries: from Past to Present
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014 The article describes the problems of higher education in the Arab countries from the time of caliphate in the 7th century to present time. The Arab caliphate had a number of scientific centres based on the principles of ancient Greek science and culture.
Nina A. Uspenskaya
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The Work of Tragic Productions: Towards a New History of Drama as Labor Culture [PDF]
, 2014 Preliminary analysis of the representation of laborers in Greek tragedy and satyr ...
David Roselli
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