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Minoan kingship and the solar goddess : a Near Eastern koine / Nanno Marinatos.
Van Pelt Library BL793.C7 M335 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marinatos, Nanno.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minoans--Religion.
- Minoans.
- Physical Description:
- x, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The king and queen in art
- The king and queen as high priests
- Thrones of gods
- thrones of kings
- The house of God
- Who sees the gods face to face?
- Minoan prophecy and royal power
- The cosmic mountain as a frontier
- The double axe, the ankh, and the ox head
- The rosette, half-rosette, and "incurved altar"
- Minoan afterlife beliefs
- The solar goddess of kingship
- The storm god
- Translating the gods of the religious koine
- Conclusions : a tribute to Sir Arthur Evans.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252033926
- 0252033922
- OCLC:
- 233813744
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