Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, [3], 452 p)
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maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520243498
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9780520931589
Content:
Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. She is variously described as a devoted mother, a chaste wife, an impassioned lover, and a virgin daughter; she is said to be both foreign and familiar to the Greeks. In this erudite and absorbing study, Mark Munn examines how the cult of Mother of the Gods came from Phrygia and Lydia, where she was the mother of tyrants, to Athens, where she protected the laws of the Athenian democracy. Analyzing the divergence of Greek and Asiatic culture at the beginning of the classical era, Munn describes how Kybebe, the L
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. Sovereignty and Divinity in Classical Greek Thought; The Study of Religion in Greek History; Sovereignty and Tyranny; Sovereignty and Greek Religion; Theogony; or, The Conditions of Sovereignty; Humanity and Divine Sovereignty; The Passing of an Age of Innocence; The Quest for Transcendent Divinity; 2. The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of Midas; The Mother of the Gods and "the Phrygian Man" at Athens; The Land of Midas; The Home of Kybele, the Mother of the Gods; The Mother of Midas
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Sovereignty and the Gods of PhrygiaThe Legacy of Midas; 3. The Mother of the Gods and the Ideals of Lydian Tyranny; The Lover of Gordius; Sovereigns and Their Concubines; Aphrodite and Lydian Tyranny; Aphrodite, Kybebe, and Kubaba; Kubaba, Kybebe, and Kybele; Mistress of Lions and the Consort of the King; The Ideals of Lydian Tyranny: A Summary So Far; 4. The Mother of the Gods and the Practices of Lydian Tyranny; Tyranny and Fertility; The Grief of the Goddess; Grieving for Atys; The Tribute of Tyranny; Deifying the Mother of Tyranny; Eunuchs, Tyranny, and the Mother of the Gods
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Artemis and the MotherThe Legacy of Lydia; 5. Asia, the Oikoumene, and the Map of the World; The Idea of Asia; Anaximander's Map; Kingship and the Oikoumene; The Itinerary of the Oikoumene; The Balance of Justice in the World; The Landscape of Creation at Sardis; The Purification of Delos; The Rulership of the Sea; Hecataeus' Map; 6. The Mother of the Gods and Persian Sovereignty; Earth and Water; The Persians and the Gods of Lydia; Scythia and the Oikoumene; Athens, Tyranny, and Persia; The Ionian Revolt; The Heralds of Darius; The Metragyrtes at Athens
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The Legacy of the Metragyrtes: The Argument So Far7. Persian Sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians; The Mother of the Gods Rejected; Placating Artemis and Honoring Demeter; Miltiades, Themistocles, and the Mother of the Gods; Founding the League at Delos; The Peace of Callias; Honoring Athena on the Acropolis; 8. Herodotus and the Gods; Religion in Greek Historical Thought; Herodotus and the Unnamed Divinity; Religion and Universal History; Herodotus' Way of Knowing the Past; The Knowledge Herodotus Shared with His Audience; Herodotus, the Gods, and History
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9. The Mother of the Gods at AthensAlcibiades' Tyrannical Ambitions; The Symbiotic Sovereignty of Greeks and Persians; The Mother of the Gods Accepted; The Mother of the Gods and the Sovereignty of the Laws; The Names of the Mother; The Mother of the Gods in Greek Historiography; The Mother of the Gods, Spartan Hegemony, and War; The Mother of the Gods, Athenian Hegemony, and Peace; Conclusions; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Select Greek Terms; Index Locorum
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520243491
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia : A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion
Language:
English
