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Author Barrett, Caitlín E

Title Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion / Caitlín Barrett
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 731 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 36
Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 36.
Contents Introduction : Egyptianizing cult at a crossroads of Hellenistic trade -- Fabric analysis : evidence for the local origins of the majority of Egyptianizing figurines on Delos -- Manufacturing techniques, technological style, and the question of Egyptiand coroplasts on Delos -- The eye of the sun and the inundation of the Nile : evidence for Egyptian theology on Delos -- A contextual analysis of the finspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing terracotta figurines on Delos -- Conclusions : syncretic theology in household cult
Summary This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Cults -- Greece.
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic -- Greece -- Delos Islands
Art
Religion.
Art
Religion
religion (discipline)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
Art
Cults
Religion
Religion -- Influence
Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic
Hellenismus
Terrakotta
Religion
Religion.
Hellenismus.
Terrakotta.
Statuette.
SUBJECT Delos Island (Greece) -- Religion
Egypt -- Religion -- Influence
Subject Greece
Egypt
Greece -- Delos Island
Delos
Ägypten Altertum
Delos.
Ägypten (Altertum)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004222663
9004222669
9789004207974
900420797X