Votive body parts in Greek and Roman religion

"This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It us...

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主要作者: Hughes, Jessica 1979- (Author)
格式: Electronic/Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
叢編:Cambridge classical studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 古典時代 / 宗教 / 還願祭 / 身體部份
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
Further subjects:B Human Body Symbolic aspects
B Votive offerings (Greece)
B Greece 宗教
B Rome 宗教
B Votive offerings (Rome)
B Human Body Social aspects
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總結:"This book examines a type of object that was widespread and very popular in classical antiquity - votive offerings in the shape of parts of the human body. It collects examples from four principal areas and time periods: Classical Greece, pre-Roman Italy, Roman Gaul and Roman Asia Minor. It uses a compare-and-contrast methodology to highlight differences between these sets of votives, exploring the implications for our understandings of how beliefs about the body changed across classical antiquity. The book also looks at how far these ancient beliefs overlap with, or differ from, modern ideas about the body and its physical and conceptual boundaries. Central themes of the book include illness and healing, bodily fragmentation, human-animal hybridity, transmission and reception of traditions, and the mechanics of personal transformation in religious rituals"--
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: fragments of history; 2. Fragmentation as metaphor: anatomical votives in Classical Greece, fifth-fourth centuries BC; 3. Under the skin: anatomical votives in Republican Italy, fourth-first centuries BC; 4. The anxiety of influence: anatomical votives in Roman Gaul, first century BC-first century AD; 5. Punishing bodies: the Lydian and Phrygian 'propitiatory' stelai, second-third centuries AD; Afterword: revisiting fragmentation
Item Description:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1107157838
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781316662403