This book addresses cult and religion in the city of Corinth from the 4th to 7th centuries of our era. The work incorporates and synthesizes all available evidence, literary, archaeological and other.
The author starts from the well-known reference in the Quran and the early Islamic histories to the people of Harran as Sabians, one of the 'peoples of the book'. But what was the Sabian 'book'?
This book offers a new reading of the literary and visual record in a historical assessment of mythical representations.
The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.
This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world.
In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic seeks to advance the discussion by separating out three ...
This book brings together sources originating from various times and places, questioning these to consider both generalities of ancient divination and specifics of Greek divination.
This book thoroughly revisits divination as a central phenomenon in the lives of ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.
This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented.
This re-evaluation of the place of Nemesis in the Roman World shows that the goddess was associated less with the lower classes than with the emperor and state.