In Isis in a Global Empire, Lindsey Mazurek explores the growing popularity of Egyptian gods and its impact on Greek identity in the Roman Empire. Bringing together archaeological, art historical, and textual evidence, she demonstrates how the diverse devotees of gods such as Isis and Sarapis considered Greek ethnicity in ways that differed significantly from those of the Greek male elites whose opinions have long shaped our understanding of Roman Greece. These ideas were expressed in various ways - sculptures of Egyptian deities rendered in a Greek style, hymns to Isis that grounded her in Greek geography and mythology, funerary portraits that depicted devotees dressed as Isis, and sanctuaries that used natural and artistic features to evoke stereotypes of the Nile. Mazurek's volume offers a fresh, material history of ancient globalization, one that highlights the role that religion played in the self-identification of provincial Romans and their place in the Mediterranean world.
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 24/02/2022
- ISBN:
- 9781009036962
- 9781009036962
- Category:
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Format:
- Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
- Publication Date:
- 24-02-2022
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
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Social & cultural history
Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology
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Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
History of art: ancient & classical art
Classical Greek & Roman archaeology
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