On the Syrian goddess
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On the Syrian goddess
Oxford University Press, 2003
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Lucian : on the Syrian goddess
Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ
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Ascribed to Lucian of Samosata
Text in English and Ancient Greek
Bibliography: p. [552]-566
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first edition of and full-length commentary on On the Syrian Goddess, an Ionic ethnography of the Holy City of Hierapolis in northern Syria, where the Syrian goddess Atargatis was worshipped. This treatise is one of the most important literary sources for 'oriental' religions under the Roman Empire. Traditionally ascribed to Lucian of Samosata, the work has often been viewed as satire. Lightfoot argues for a much subtler reading, for the first
time combining a literary and philological approach with the evidence of archaeology to set this complex treatise in the fullest possible context. The result bears on the religious culture of Roman Syria; on the genre of Herodotean ethnography and its revival and reception in the Second Sophistic; and on Lucian
of Samosata himself. The edition is based on a fresh collation of all existing manuscripts and an English translation is provided.
Table of Contents
- 1. Anatomy of a Deity
- 2. Anatomy of De Dea Syria
- 3. Text
- 4. Commentary
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