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

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 relative...

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Superior document:Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; volume190
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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.
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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.