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Titre(s) : Images of Mithra [Texte imprimé] / Philippa Adrych, Robert Bracey, Dominic Dalglish,...[et al.]
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII- 211 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Visual conversations in art and archaeology
Lien à la collection : Visual conversations in art and archaeology
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [189]-206. Index
With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations
of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the
Kushan Empire of southern Afghanistan and northern India during the first millennium
AD. Even today, this name has a place in Yazidi and Zoroastrian religion. But what
connection have Mihr in Persia, Miiro in Kushan Bactria, and Mithras in the Roman
Empire to one another? This book offers a fresh approach to how we think about gods
in the ancient world. Over the course of the volume, specialists in the material culture
of these diverse regions explore appearances of the name Mithra from six distinct
locations in antiquity. In a subversion of the usual historical process, the authors
begin not from an assessment of texts, but by placing 'images of Mithra' at the heart
of their analysis. Careful consideration of each example's own context, situating
it in the broader scheme of religious traditions and on-going cultural interactions,
is key to this discussion. Such an approach opens up a host of potential comparisons
and interpretations that are often side-lined in historical accounts. Further implications
are made clear in a fascinating epilogue to the volume on the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl
Sujet(s) : Mithra (divinité zoroastrienne) -- Dans l'art
Mithraïsme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198792536. - ISBN 0198792530
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45251215c
Notice n° :
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