Isis Pelagia : : images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas / / by Laurent Bricault ; translated from the French by Gil H. Renberg.

• Superior document: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; volume190
• VerfasserIn: Bricault, Laurent,
• TeilnehmendeR: Renberg, Gil H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English; French
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; volume190.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Revised and updated translation of Isis, dame des flots.

In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas<>/i>, 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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Illustrations, Tables and Map -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Origins of Isis, Goddess of the Seas -- The Canonization of a New Prerogative -- Representations of Isis, Goddess of the Seas -- The Names of Isis, Goddess of the Seas -- A Cult for Isis, Goddess of the Seas -- Sarapis and the Sea -- Disappearance and Renaissance of Marine Isis and Sarapis -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- General Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- General Index.