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Author Richer, Jean, 1915-1992.

Title Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape / Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [1994]
©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xli, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-299) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Theory of Alignments -- Ch. 2. Interpretation of the Alignments. The Zodiacal Wheel Centered on Delphi. A Text of Plato's -- Ch. 3. The System Centered on Delos -- Ch. 4. An Anatolian System Centered on Sardis -- Ch. 5. The Constellations, Return to Delphi. Demeter, Artemis, and Athena -- Ch. 6. The World Axis and the Planetary Lines. Symbols of the Pole -- Ch. 7. The Zodiacal Division of Attica and the Mysteries: Agrae and Eleusis -- Ch. 8. Zodiacal Wheels as Keys to Decoding. The Gods and the Zodiac -- Ch. 9. The Cult of Zeus. Sardis, Delphi, and the Oasis of Siwa. A System Centered on Ammoneion -- Ch. 10. The Calendars of Heracles. Guardians of the Signs -- Ch. 11. The Astral Significance of Greek Myths and Heroes -- Ch. 12. The Revelation of the Lion of Julis -- Ch. 13. Fixed Symbols of the Signs, Directions, and Seasons. The Loves of Zeus -- Ch. 14. Double Symbols. Syncretic Forms. Fighting Animals, Dynamic Symbols of Seasonal Variations. The Calendar of Xanthus.
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Subject Astrology, Greek.
Astrology, Greek.
Sacred space -- Greece.
Sacred space.
Greece.
Shrines -- Greece.
Shrines.
Art and religion -- Greece.
Art and religion.
Greece -- Religion.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Géographie sacrée du monde grec. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94028558
Other Form: Print version: Richer, Jean, 1915- Géographie sacrée du monde grec. English. Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994 079142023X (DLC) 94011960 (OCoLC)30155876
ISBN 0585090386 (electronic book)
9780585090382 (electronic book)
079142023X
0791420248
9780791420232
9780791420249 (paperback)