Bronze Age Eleusis and the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries /

Bronze Age Eleusis and the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries /

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Author / Creator:	Cosmopoulos, Michael B., 1963- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015. ©2015
Description:	xvii, 227 pages ; 27 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Demeter -- (Greek deity) Demeter -- (Greek deity) Bronze age -- Greece -- Eleusis. Eleusinian mysteries. Sacred space -- Greece -- Eleusis. Antiquities. Bronze age. Eleusinian mysteries. Religion. Sacred space. Eleusis (Greece) -- Antiquities. Eleusis (Greece) -- Religion. Greece -- Eleusis.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10336582

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ISBN:	9781107010994 1107010993
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I. Myth and Cult
1. Myths and legends
2. The theology of Demeter at Eleusis
Part II. The Site and its Exploration
3. Landscape and environment
4. The exploration of Eleusis
Part III. The Archaeology and Monuments of Eleusis
5. Early Bronze Age
6. Middle Bronze Age
7. Early Mycenaean
8. The period of the palaces (LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB)
9. The post-palatial period
10. The post-Bronze Age history of the Sanctuary
Part IV. The Origins and Early Development of the Eleusinian Mysteries
11. Theories about the origins of the Mysteries
12. The origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries