Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian MysteriesCambridge University Press, 30. lip 2015. For more than one thousand years, people from every corner of the Greco-Roman world sought the hope for a blessed afterlife through initiation into the Mysteries of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis. In antiquity itself and in our memory of antiquity, the Eleusinian Mysteries stand out as the oldest and most venerable mystery cult. Despite the tremendous popularity of the Eleusinian Mysteries, their origins are unknown. Because they are lost in an era without written records, they can only be reconstructed with the help of archaeology. This book provides a much-needed synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age and reconstructs the formation and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The discussion of the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries is complemented with discussions of the theology of Demeter and an update on the state of research in the archaeology of Eleusis from the Bronze Age to the end of antiquity. |
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MYTHS AND LEGENDS | 7 |
LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT | 27 |
THE EXPLORATION OF ELEUSIS | 34 |
EARLY BRONZE AGE | 43 |
EARLY MYCENAEAN | 78 |
THE PERIOD OF THE PALACES | 107 |
THE POSTPALATIAL PERIOD | 127 |
THE POSTBRONZEAGE HISTORY OF THE SANCTUARY | 132 |
THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE MYSTERIES | 155 |
Protogeometric and Geometric Cults 161 | 161 |
Chronological Table | 167 |
Bibliography | 195 |
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Bronze Age Eleusis and the Origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries Michael B. Cosmopoulos Ograničeni pregled - 2015 |
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Aegina Aeginetan altars ancient Archaic architectural Argolid Athenian Athens Athens Archaeological Society Attica Bremmer Bronze Age building burials Burkert Burnished Cavanagh and Mee ceramic Cist graves Clinton construction Cosmopoulos 2014a cups Cycladic Demeter Early Iron east Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis Eumolpos evidence excavation festival Figure figurines floor Gate Geometric Giraud Greece Greek Grey Minyan Hägg Homeric Hymn House Hymn to Demeter IIIA2 initiates inscription Kerykes Kourouniotes and Travlos kykeon Late Helladic LH IIB LH IIIB2 LH IIIC Lustrous Decorated Matt-painted Megaron Megaron B Complex MH period Minyan Mycenaean period Mycenaean-style Mylonas Mylonas’s myth Noack Palinkas Papadimitriou 2001 Papangeli Parker Peisistrateian Persephone Philios Philippa-Touchais placed platform pots pottery preserved Propylaea pyres religious remains Richardson 1974 rituals Sacred sanctuary settlement area sherds Skias south slope Stoa Stoa of Philo stones SubMyc suggests Telesterion temple terrace Thesmophoria vases Voutsaki west Attica West Cemetery