Record Nr.

UNISA996237243403316

Autore

Papantoniou Giorgos

Titolo

Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos / / by Giorgos Papantoniou

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-85417-1

90-04-23380-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (632 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, , 0169-8958 ; ; v. 347

Disciplina

292.00939

292.009393709014

Soggetti

Religion and politics - Cyprus

Religion and sociology - Cyprus

Archaeology and religion - Cyprus

Iron age - Cyprus

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism

RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology

Cyprus Antiquities

Cyprus Civilization

Mediterranean Region Civilization Greek influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- ‘Setting the Scene’: Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation -- Sacred Landscapes -- Case Studies: Change and Variation -- Cypriot ‘Portraits’ -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Landscapes -- Appendix 2. ‘Portraits’ -- Bibliography -- Figures -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph focuses on religion to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. It approaches politico-religious ideological responses and structures of symbolism through the study

of sacred landscapes, specific iconographic elements, and archaeological contexts and architecture, as well as through textual and epigraphic evidence. A fresh approach to the transition is put forward, connecting the island more emphatically with its longue durée. Moving beyond the field of Cypriot studies, this work also serves as a paradigm for the study of religion in relation to social power in other fields of classics and, in particular, for the enrolment of other areas of the Mediterranean into the political and cultural Hellenistic oikoumene.