Cybele, Attis, and related cults : essays in memory of M.J. Vermaseren

Author(s)

• Lane, Eugene

Bibliographic Information

Cybele, Attis, and related cults : essays in memory of M.J. Vermaseren

edited by Eugene N. Lane

（Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 131）

E.J. Brill, 1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Peninsula. It combines the work of established scholars with that of young researchers in the field, and represents a truly international perspective. The reader will find treatment inter alia of Cybele's emasculated priests, the Galli; the dissemination of Cybele-cult through the harbour city, Miletus; the cult of Cybele in Ephesus; the rock-cut sanctuary of Cybele at Akrai in Sicily; the competition between the Cybele-cult and Christianity; and the role of Attis in Neo-Platonic philosophy.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA29168467
• ISBN:
  • 9004101969
• LCCN: 95050321
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggrc
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 441 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL820.C8
  • DC20 : 292.2/114
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult
  • LCSH : Attis (God) -- Cult
  • LCSH : Rome -- Religion
  • LCSH : Vermaseren, M. J. (Maarten Jozef)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20829843