The sacred identity of Ephesos [electronic resource] : foundation myths of a Roman city / Guy M. Rogers.
The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissa...
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Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Greek, Modern (1453-) |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Routledge revivals.
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| Summary: | The Sacred Identity of Ephesos offers a full-length interpretation of one of the largest known bequests in the Classical world, made to the city of Ephesos in AD 104 by a wealthy Roman equestrian, and challenges some of the basic assumptions made about the significance of the Greek cultural renaissance known as the 'Second Sophistic'. Professor Rogers shows how the civic rituals created by the foundation symbolised a contemporary social hierarchy, and how the ruling class used foundation myths - the birth of the goddess Artemis in a grove above the city - as a tangible source. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317808374 1317808371 9781317808367 1317808363 9781315815701 1315815702 9781317808350 1317808355 041574024X 9780415740241 0415740258 9780415740258 |
| Language: | English and Greek. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |