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Author Cosmopoulos, Michael B., 1963- author.

Title Bronze Age Eleusis and the origins of the Eleusinian mysteries / Michael B. Cosmopoulos.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Demeter (Greek deity)
Demeter (Greek deity)
Bronze age -- Greece -- Eleusis.
Bronze age.
Greece -- Eleusis.
Eleusis (Greece) -- Antiquities.
Eleusinian mysteries.
Eleusinian mysteries.
Sacred space -- Greece -- Eleusis.
Eleusis (Greece) -- Religion.
Sacred space.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Antiquities.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
ISBN 9781316374238 (electronic book)
1316374238 (electronic book)
9780511820700 (ebook)
0511820704
9781107010994
1107010993