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| #1514616 in Books | The Johns Hopkins University Press | 1997-06-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x.79 x5.75l,.94 | File type: PDF | 336 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Thorough account|By Eric Mueller|Not light reading but a very thorough account of the worship of Isis in late antiquity. That is saying something, by the way, since Isis had Iseums (temples) as far away from Egypt as London and Spain, not to mention Rome and southeastern Europe. Very informative!|2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Sup|||"Distinguished for its learning and its use of fascinating and little-known iconographic material... The importance of this study, both for the history of religions and of Graeco-Roman society, lies in the evidence, assembled and interpreted, of a widespread
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 cu...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Isis in the Ancient World | R. E. Witt. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
