Format:
xvi, 187 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781931534314
Uniform Title:
Eluthia charistēion
Content:
List of table and figures in text -- Preface. History of the study of the material / Athanasia Kanta -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and chronology -- History of the excavation and research on the cave / Athanasia Kanta and Costis Davaras -- Note on topography and history / Calliope E. Galanaki and Christina Papadaki -- The excavation of the Inatos (Tsoutsouros) Cave / Eleftherios Platon -- Encomium to Eileithyia / Petros Themelis -- Worship of Eileithyia in the Tsoutsouros Cave / Athanasia Kanta -- The Goddess Eileithyia in the Knossian Linear B tablets / Georgia Flouda -- A Linear A inscription from the cave (INA Zb 1) / Massimo Perna -- Selection of pottery from the cave / Athanasia Kanta and Danae Z. Kontopodi -- Pottery of the Roman period / Dimitris Grigoropoulos -- Figurines and models / Athanasia Kanta -- Double axes / Athanasia Kanta -- Minor objects, jewelry, and copper or copper alloy bowls / Athanasia Kanta -- Votive offerings of Egyptian type / Athanasia Kanta and Danae Z. Kontopodi -- Catalog of the artifacts of Egyptian type / Richard H. Wilkinson -- References -- Index.
Content:
"In 1962, after secret looting, a shrine for the Greek Goddess Eileithyia was discovered by the police in south-central Crete at the modern town of Tsoutsouros (ancient Inatos). The cave dedicated to this ancient goddess of childbirth and motherhood was excavated that year by Nikolaos Platon and Costis Davaras on behalf of the Archaeological Museum in Herakleion. It was filled with votive gifts including over 100 items of gold along with Egyptian figurines and seal stones, bronze objects, and hundreds of clay figurines. The shrine was use starting before 2000 B.C. and continuing to the Roman Imperial period. Many of the clay images are especially appropriate for this deity because they include pregnant women, embracing couples, figures in preparation for childbirth, mothers holding babies, and a young child in its crib. A Greek language book highlighting the shrine and its major discoveries is now translated into English. It provides images, catalog entries, and explanatory texts for the most important discoveries from this unique shrine"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781623034368
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Honors to Eileithyia at ancient Inatos, the sacred cave at Tsoutsouros, Crete Philadelphia : INSTAP Academic Press, 2021
Language:
English
Keywords:
Eileithyia
;
Tsoútsouros
;
Höhle
;
Heiligtum
;
Funde
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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