Isis through the texts: The Isiac cult in Greco-Roman literature of the Principate
Keywords:
Isis, Isiac Cult, Roman Empire, Mystery Cults, Literature Sources.
Abstract
The cult of the goddess Isis, of Egyptian origin but hellenized from Macedonian rule, expands around the Greco-Roman world to cover a wide geographical area, as it had never known before. The literary evidence that reference to it in the Principate are plentiful and of a different nature from accurate descriptions of key elements to hostile writings by christian authors with a clear intention. The detailed analysis of these texts seems necessary if you want to get to know the state in which is located the cult of Isis in the first three centuries of the Roman imperial period.Downloads
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2015-10-01
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Santamaría Canales I. (2015). Isis through the texts: The Isiac cult in Greco-Roman literature of the Principate. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 20, 231-248. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ILUR.2015.v20.50411
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