ISIS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
by Witt, R. E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801406331
- ISBN 13
- 9780801406331
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cornell University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0801406331 . Minor edgewear to DJ. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 9 x 1.5 x 6 Inches; 336 pages; Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B. C. And extended at least until the fifth century A. D. Throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England. The first study to document the extent and complexity of the cult's influence on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37167
- Title
- ISIS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
- Author
- Witt, R. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801406331
- ISBN 13
- 9780801406331
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- 0801406331, Religion & Spirituality, Paganism, Isis, Egyptian, Classical Greek & Roman, Egypt, Greek History, Greek Religion, Roman Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paganism; Egyptology;
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