Isis Pelagia : images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas

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Label

Isis Pelagia : images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas

Title remainder

images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas

Statement of responsibility

by Laurent Bricault ; translated from the French by Gil H. Renberg

Creator

• Bricault, Laurent

Contributor

• Renberg, Gil H.

Author

• Bricault, Laurent

Translator

• Renberg, Gil H.

Subject

• Isis, (Egyptian deity)
• Ocean -- Religious aspects

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

"In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas, Laurent Bricault, one of the principal scholars of the cults of Isis, presents a new interpretation of the multiple sources that present Isis as a goddess of the seas. Bricault discusses a wealth of relatively unknown archaeological and textual data, drawing on a profound knowledge of their historical context. After decades of scholarly study, Bricault offers an important contribution and a new phase in the debate on understanding the "diffusion" as well as the "reception" of the cults of Isis in the Graeco-Roman world. This book, the first English-language monograph by the leading French scholar in the field, underlines the importance of Isis Studies for broader debates in the study of ancient religion"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Isis, dame des flots

Cataloging source

LBSOR/DLC

Dewey number

299/.312114

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

BL2450.I7

LC item number

B67813 2020

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Religions in the Graeco-Roman world

Series volume

190.