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Author Munn, Mark Henderson.

Title The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / Mark Munn.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-401) and indexes.
Summary Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. Conflict and resolution were played out symbolically, Munn shows, and the goddess of Lydian tyranny was eventually accepted by the Athenians as the Mother of the Gods and a symbol of their own sovereignty.
Contents Sovereignty and divinity in classical Greek thought -- The Mother of the Gods and the sovereignty of Midas -- The Mother of the Gods and the ideals of Lydian tyranny -- The Mother of the Gods and the practices of Lydian tyranny -- Asia, the Oikoumenē and the map of the world -- The Mother of the Gods and Persian sovereignty -- Persian sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians -- Herodotus and the Gods -- The Mother of the Gods at Athens.
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Subject Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
Religion and politics -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
Religion and politics.
Greece -- Athens.
History.
Sovereignty -- Religious aspects.
Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- History of doctrines.
Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult -- Turkey -- Lydia (Kingdom)
Religion and politics -- Turkey -- Lydia (Kingdom) -- History.
Turkey.
Despotism -- Religious aspects -- History of doctrines.
Despotism -- Religious aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Munn, Mark Henderson. Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520243498 (DLC) 2005013449 (OCoLC)60550934
ISBN 9780520931589 (electronic book)
0520931580 (electronic book)
9780520243491 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520243498 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282357638
9781282357631
1429402334 (electronic book)
9781429402330 (electronic book)
160129395X
9781601293954
Standard No. 2770724