Minoan kingship and the solar goddess : a Near Eastern koine
| 1. Verfasser: |
Marinatos, Nanno
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
x, 263 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780252033926 |
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
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Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
