Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries

Title
  1. Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries / Michael B. Cosmopoulos.
Published by
  1. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Author
  1. Cosmopoulos, Michael B.

Details

Description
  1. 1 online resource (241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Summary
  1. For more than one thousand years, people from every corner of the Greco-Roman world sought the hope for a blessed afterlife through initiation into the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. In antiquity itself and in our memory of antiquity, the Eleusinian Mysteries stand out as the oldest and most venerable mystery cult. Despite the tremendous popularity of the Eleusinian Mysteries, their origins are unknown. Because they are lost in an era without written records, they can only be reconstructed with the help of archaeology. This book provides a much-needed synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age and reconstructs the formation and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The discussion of the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries is complemented with discussions of the theology of Demeter and an update on the state of research in the archaeology of Eleusis from the Bronze Age to the end of antiquity.
Alternative title
  1. Bronze Age Eleusis & the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries
Subject
  1. Eleusinian mysteries
Note
  1. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 May 2016).
Author
  1. Cosmopoulos, Michael B., author.
Title
  1. Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries / Michael B. Cosmopoulos.
Publisher
  1. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Other form:
  1. Print version: 9781107010994
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