Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape / Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richer, Jean, 1915-1992.

Series:

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions

Standardized Title:

Géographie sacrée du monde grec. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Astrology, Greek.

Sacred space--Greece.

Sacred space.

Shrines--Greece.

Shrines.

Art and religion--Greece.

Art and religion.

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 319 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Theory of Alignments

Ch. 2. Interpretation of the Alignments. The Zodiacal Wheel Centered on Delphi. A Text of Plato's

Ch. 3. The System Centered on Delos

Ch. 4. An Anatolian System Centered on Sardis

Ch. 5. The Constellations, Return to Delphi. Demeter, Artemis, and Athena

Ch. 6. The World Axis and the Planetary Lines. Symbols of the Pole

Ch. 7. The Zodiacal Division of Attica and the Mysteries: Agrae and Eleusis

Ch. 8. Zodiacal Wheels as Keys to Decoding. The Gods and the Zodiac

Ch. 9. The Cult of Zeus. Sardis, Delphi, and the Oasis of Siwa. A System Centered on Ammoneion

Ch. 10. The Calendars of Heracles. Guardians of the Signs

Ch. 11. The Astral Significance of Greek Myths and Heroes

Ch. 12. The Revelation of the Lion of Julis

Ch. 13. Fixed Symbols of the Signs, Directions, and Seasons. The Loves of Zeus

Ch. 14. Double Symbols. Syncretic Forms. Fighting Animals, Dynamic Symbols of Seasonal Variations. The Calendar of Xanthus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-299) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1728-4

0-585-09038-6