LEADER 03229nam 2200625 450 001 9910528688003321 005 20221016092441.0 010 $a1-283-74232-2 010 $a0-300-18270-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300182705 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276606 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756412 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11486850 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756412 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10749976 035 $a(PQKB)11256860 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157773 035 $a(DE-B1597)485634 035 $a(OCoLC)821645902 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300182705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622967 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL405482 035 $a(OCoLC)923600967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6764256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421078 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276606 100 $a20221016d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos $ecult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world /$fGuy MacLean Rogers 210 1$aNew Haven, Connecticut :$cYale University Press,$d[2012] 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 500 p., [2] p. of plates) $cill. (some col.), maps 225 0 $aSynkrisis 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-17863-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContinuity in change -- Funeral games -- Mysteries and sacrifices -- Mystic sacrifices -- Kouretes eusebeis -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi -- Kouretes eusebeis kai philosebastoi kai bouleutai -- "The nurse of its own Ephesian god" -- "Our common salvation" -- Cult, polis, and change in the Graeco-Roman world. 330 $aArtemis of Ephesos was one of the most widely worshiped deities of the Graeco-Roman World. Her temple, the Artemision, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and for more than half a millennium people flocked to Ephesos to learn the great secret of the mysteries and sacrifices that were celebrated every year on her birthday.In this work Guy MacLean Rogers sets out the evidence for the celebration of Artemis's mysteries against the background of the remarkable urban development of the city during the Roman Empire and then proposes an entirely new theory about the great secret that was revealed to initiates into Artemis's mysteries. The revelation of that secret helps to explain not only the success of Artemis's cult and polytheism itself but, more surprisingly, the demise of both and the success of Christianity. Contrary to many anthropological and scientific theories, the history of polytheism, including the celebration of Artemis's mysteries, is best understood as a Darwinian tale of adaptation, competition, and change. 410 0$aSynkrisis. 606 $aReligion 615 0$aReligion. 676 $a282.08093923 700 $aRogers$b Guy MacLean$0266463 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910528688003321 996 $aThe mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos$92648506 997 $aUNINA