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Author:

Munn, Mark Henderson.

Title:

The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / Mark Munn.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xviii, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cybele (Goddess)--History.--Athens--Athens--History.
Religion and politics--Athens--Athens--History.
Sovereignty--History of doctrines.--History of doctrines.
Cybele (Goddess)--Cult--Lydia (Kingdom)--Lydia (Kingdom)
Religion and politics--Lydia (Kingdom)--Lydia (Kingdom)--History.
Despotism--History of doctrines.--History of doctrines.
Moedergodinnen.
Cybele.
CULTUS.
Machtsverhoudingen.
Griekse oudheid.
5.205.
4.890.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-401) and indexes.

Contents:

Sovereignty and divinity in classical Greek thought -- The Mother of the Gods and the sovereignty of Midas -- The Mother of the Gods and the ideals of Lydian tyranny -- The Mother of the Gods and the practices of Lydian tyranny -- Asia, the Oikoumenē and the map of the world -- The Mother of the Gods and Persian sovereignty -- Persian sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians -- Herodotus and the Gods -- The Mother of the Gods at Athens.

Series:

The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

ISBN:

9780520243491 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520243498 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60550934

LCCN:

2005013449

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)