Isis in a global empire : Greek identity through Egyptian religion in Roman Greece /
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| Author / Creator: | Mazurek, Lindsey A., author. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022. |
| Description: | xiii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12732043 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316517017 1316517012 9781009016902 1009016903 9781009032209 9781009037303 |
