The Bull in the Mediterranean World: Myths & Cults
by Hellenic Ministry of Culture
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 9608276098
- ISBN 13
- 9789608276093
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Athens, Greece: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 227pp. Illustrated throughout w colour photographs. Illustrated wrapper w French flaps is clean showing light diagonal crease to bottom front corner. Binding square and not creased. Additional shipping may be required - 29.5 x 23.5cm. This volume contains the detailed catalogue of the 213 works displayed at the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004 through the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, together with an opening series of essays written by specialist researchers and historians, who look in depth at some of the most important aspects of the bull and its cult. The numerous myths, iconological associations, traditions and types of objects reveal the symbolic importance of the bull in the ancient Mediterranean.
The Bull in the Mediterranean World" looks at the male symbolic universe of the ancient cultures around Mare Nostrum - Our Sea - amongst whom the bull acquired a number of different meanings and became a cult object in secular and religious rituals.
The Bull in the Mediterranean World" looks at the male symbolic universe of the ancient cultures around Mare Nostrum - Our Sea - amongst whom the bull acquired a number of different meanings and became a cult object in secular and religious rituals.
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- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Bull in the Mediterranean World: Myths & Cults
- Author
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9608276098
- ISBN 13
- 9789608276093
- Publisher
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- Place of Publication
- Athens, Greece
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Bull - mythology. Hellenic Ministry of Culture Folklore & Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology;
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