LEADER 04400nam 2200745 450 001 996308840003316 005 20211014025800.0 010 $a3-11-037699-7 010 $a3-11-029955-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110299557 035 $a(CKB)9870000000001187 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001560535 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16193505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001560535 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14824987 035 $a(PQKB)10694393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3572232 035 $a(DE-B1597)179148 035 $a(OCoLC)885456293 035 $a(OCoLC)887091553 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110299557 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3572232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11072774 035 $z(PPN)202081966 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50263 035 $a(PPN)182940098 035 $a(EXLCZ)999870000000001187 100 $a20140926h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInitiation into the mysteries of the ancient world /$fJan N. Bremmer 210 $cDe Gruyter$d2014 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (274 pages) 225 1 $aMu?nchner Vorlesungen zu antiken Welten,$x2198-9664 ;$vBand 1 300 $aUniversity lectures. 311 0 $a3-11-029929-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-242) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tConventions and Abbreviations --$tI. Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries: A 'Thin' Description --$tII. Mysteries at the Interface of Greece and Anatolia: Samothracian Gods, Kabeiroi and Korybantes --$tIII. Orpheus, Orphism and Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries --$tIV. Greek Mysteries in Roman Times --$tV. The Mysteries of Isis and Mithras --$tVI. Did the Mysteries Influence Early Christianity? --$tAppendix 1: Demeter and Eleusis in Megara /$rSfameni Gasparro, Giulia --$tAppendix 2: The Golden Bough: Orphic, Eleusinian and Hellenistic-Jewish Sources of Virgil's Underworld in Aeneid VI --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Names, Subjects and Passages 330 $aThe ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a 'thick description' of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries. 410 0$aMu?nchner Vorlesungen zu antiken Welten ;$vBd. 1. 606 $aMysteries, Religious 606 $aCivilization, Classical 606 $aHistory, Ancient 610 $aAntiquity. 610 $acult. 610 $ainitiation. 610 $amysteries. 615 0$aMysteries, Religious. 615 0$aCivilization, Classical. 615 0$aHistory, Ancient. 676 $a292.9 700 $aBremmer$b Jan N.$0157056 702 $aSfameni Gasparro$b Giulia$4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996308840003316 996 $aInitiation into the mysteries of the ancient world$92252728 997 $aUNISA