Author: Franz Valery Marie Cumont
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 159605896X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 133
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Franz Cumont was one of the preeminent classical scholars of his day, and his investigations into the history of religion had a dramatic impact upon the fields of archaeology, comparative mythology, and anthropology. This 1912 volume collects the influential series of lectures he delivered across the United States highlighting one aspect of his groundbreaking studies of ancient worship: the reverence of the stars. He discusses... . the origins of astrology in ancient Babylonia . why ancient scientists believed the stars were divine . how astrology influenced Greek and Roman paganism . astrology as the official religion of the Roman Empire . and more.
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Includes Proceedings of the society, report of the council, lists of members, etc.
Author: Franz Cumont
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Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Otto Neugebauer
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871690487
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Greek horoscopes are made available for study. According to the authors, "About 60 horoscopes from the first five centuries of our era have been published since Young (1828) and Champollion-Figeac (1840) in the papyrological literature." They collected all horoscopes from this material, and added a few unpublished pieces that were put at their disposal, at the time this title originally printed in 1959.
Author: Annette Imhausen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110448173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Ancient cultures have left written evidence of a variety of scientific texts. But how can/should they be translated? Is it possible to use modern concepts (and terminology) in their translation and which consequences result from this practice? Scholars of various disciplines discuss the practice of translating ancient scientific texts and present examples of these texts and their translations.
Author: Francis Fisher Browne
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Author: Max Radin
Publisher: Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society of America 1915.
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Category : Hellenism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Author: Franz Cumont
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ISBN: 9782357289246
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Languages : en
Pages : 148
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An inestimable work on the history of religions. Franz Cumont was a brilliant historian. He is recognized as a luminary and an authority in the field of ancient history. His object in this course of lectures shall be limited to showing how oriental astrology and star-worship transformed the beliefs of the Græco-Latin world, what at different periods was the ever-increasing strength of their influence, and by what means they established in the West a sidereal cult, which was the highest phase of ancient paganism. This learned theology, by including in its speculations the entire world, was to eliminate the narrower forms of belief, and, by changing the character of ancient idolatry, it was to prepare in many respects the coming of Christianity. Large Print Edition - Fully annotated.
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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