Religious Convergence in the Ancient Mediterranean
Synopsis
This volume brings together scholars in religion, archaeology, philology, and history to explore case studies and theoretical models of converging religions. The twenty-four essays presented, which derive from Hittite, Cilician, Lydian, Phoenician, Greek, and Roman cultural settings, focus on encounters at the boundaries of cultures, landscapes, chronologies, social class and status, the imaginary, and the materially operative. Broad patterns ultimately emerge that reach across these boundaries, and suggest the state of the question on the study of convergence, and the potential fruitfulness for comparative and interdisciplinary studies as models continue to evolve.
Chapters
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Guardian Goddess of the Surf-Beaten ShoreThe Influence of Mariners on Sanctuaries of Aphrodite in Magna Graecia
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Lilibeo e i suoi cultiNuovi esempi dalla ricerca archeologica
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Large Temples as Cultural Banners in Western Sicily
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Close Encounters on SicilyMolech, Meilichios, and Religious Convergence at Selinus
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The Temple of Astarte “Aglaia” at Motya and Its Cultural Significance in the Mediterranean Realm
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Venere del MareTestimonianze del culto nel trapanese
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Hittite Prayers and Their Mesopotamian Models
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Mythological Passages in Hittite Rituals
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Religious Convergence in Hittite AnatoliaThe Case of Kizzuwatna
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The Arzawa Rituals and Religious Production in Hattusa
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Survival of “Popular” MythologyFrom Hittite Mountain Man to Phrygian Mountain Mother
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Native Religious Traditions from a Lydian Perspective
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Funerary Practices and Rituals on Sicily from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (Sixth through Second Millennia BCE)
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The Convergence of Guardian Statues in the Ancient WorldTop-Down or Bottom-Up?
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Across Traditions and beyond BoundariesThe Masks of Carthage
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Greek Coins, Punic PeopleAn Iconographic Analysis of the Punic Coinage of Sicily
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Ritual Practices, Food Offerings, and Animal SacrificesVotive Deposits in the Temple of The Kothon (Motya)
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Romantic Receptions, or, The Aeginetan Sculptures’ Long March to Munich
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From Zalpuwa to BrauronHittite-Greek Religious Convergence on the Black Sea
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The Politics of Ritual Performance at Assyrian-Period Sam’alLocal and Imperial Identity in the Katumuwa Mortuary Stele from Zincirli
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The Tonaia and Samian Identity
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Sparta and PersiaRituals for Invading the Land of the Gods of Others
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Using Your HeadReading a “Local Style” Adapted for Foreign Ritual
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Roman Empire and Roman EmperorAnimal Sacrifice as an Instrument of Religious Convergence
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Indexes
Published
November 8, 2019
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