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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 2: Transition and Reversal
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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 2: Transition and Reversal in Myth and Ritual Hardcover - 1994 - 2nd Edition

by Henk Versnel


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  • Title Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 2: Transition and Reversal in Myth and Ritual
  • Author Henk Versnel
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 372
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date June 1994
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9789004092679 / 9004092676
  • Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.68 x 6.54 x 1.13 in (24.59 x 16.61 x 2.87 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90002301
  • Dewey Decimal Code 292

About the author

H.S. Versnel is Professor of Ancient History at Leiden University. His main interests are in Greek and Roman Religion. Publications include: Isis, Dionysos, Hermes: Three Studies in Henotheism Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion I, (1990). He is the editor of the Brill series Studies in Greek and Roman religion, which is brought to completion by the publication of this book, and is co-editor of the new series Religions in the Graeco-Roman world.
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Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion II: Transition and Reversal in Myth and Ritual (Studies in Greek and Roman Religion, Volume 6, II)

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INCONSISTENCIES IN GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGION II: Transition and Reversal in Myth and Ritual

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E. J. Brill. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 9004092676 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ spine and part of front panel are sunned and discolored. ; Studies in Greek and Roman Religion V. 6, II; Vol. 2; 354 pages; This is the second of a two-volume collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. While the first volume focused on the central paradoxes on ancient henotheism, this second one discusses the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transition and reversal. Following an introduction into the history of the myth and ritual debate (with a focus on New Year festivals and initiation), the book discusses myth and ritual of reversal (Knossos and the Kronia, and Saturnus and the Saturnalia); two women festivals - Bona Dea and the Thesmophoria; and the initiatory aspects of Apollo and Mars. In the background is the basic conviction… Read More
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