The Cult Of Venus

Author : David S Brody
Publisher : Eyes That See Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990741338

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The Cult of Venus by David S Brody Pdf

Historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn discover a 14th-century journal which confirms a long-rumored historical heresy: The medieval Church outlawed the Knights Templar because the warrior monks were secretly worshiping the ancient Goddess. The journal also sucks Cam and Amanda into the orbit of a ruthless cabal of modern-day pagans intent on pushing America into the loving arms of the Goddess-whether America wants succor there or not. Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated. Says Midwest Book Review: ""A gripping story of Goddess worship from ancient to modern times." This stand-alone novel is book #7 in the "Templars in America" series.

Author : Bettany Hughes
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781541674240

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Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes Pdf

A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian. Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But long before the Ancient Greeks conceived of this voluptuous blonde, she existed as an early spirit of fertility on the shores of Cyprus -- and thousands of years before that, as a ferocious warrior-goddess in the Middle East. Proving that this fabled figure is so much more than an avatar of commercialized romance, historian Bettany Hughes reveals the remarkable lifestory of one of antiquity's most potent myths. Venus and Aphrodite brings together ancient art, mythology, and archaeological revelations to tell the story of human desire. From Mesopotamia to modern-day London, from Botticelli to Beyoncé, Hughes explains why this immortal goddess continues to entrance us today -- and how we trivialize her power at our peril.

Author : Jacqueline Karageorghis,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,San Antonio Museum of Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 0878467564

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Aphrodite and the Gods of Love by Jacqueline Karageorghis,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,San Antonio Museum of Art Pdf

Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Oct. 26, 2011-Feb. 20, 2012, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, Mar. 28-July 9, 212, and San Antonio Museum of Art, Sept. 15, 2012-Feb. 17, 2013.

Author : Ariadne Staples
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134787883

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From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins by Ariadne Staples Pdf

The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. On the one hand they enjoyed social, material and financial independence and on the other hand they were denied basic constitutional rights. Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, yet their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognised. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion, as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture, including political activity. Ariadne Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.

Author : Valerie M. Warrior
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521825115

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Roman Religion by Valerie M. Warrior Pdf

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Author : Emily Hemelrijk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190463823

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Hidden Lives, Public Personae by Emily Hemelrijk Pdf

Roman cities have rarely been studied from the perspective of women, and studies of Roman women mainly focus on the city of Rome. Studying the civic participation of women in the towns of Italy outside Rome and in the numerous cities of the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire, this books offers a new view on Roman women and urban society in the Roman Principate. Drawing on epigraphy and archaeology, and to a lesser extent on legal and literary texts, women's civic roles as priestesses, benefactresses and patronesses or 'mothers' of cities and associations (collegia and the Augustales) are brought to the fore. In contrast to the city of Rome, which was dominated by the imperial family, wealthy women in the local Italian and provincial towns had ample opportunity to leave their mark on the city. Their motives to spend their money, time and energy for the benefit of their cities and the rewards their contributions earned them take centre stage. Assessing the meaning and significance of their contributions for themselves and their families and for the cities that enjoyed them, the book presents a new and detailed view of the role of women and gender in Roman urban life.

Author : Ean Begg
Publisher : Chiron Publications
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630514419

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The Cult of the Black Virgin by Ean Begg Pdf

Author : Dean Miller
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627125673

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Beliefs, Rituals, and Symbols of Ancient Greece and Rome by Dean Miller Pdf

Greek and Roman mythology is forever linked for a myriad of reasons. Historians believe this could be because many of the Roman deities were adopted from the Greek. However, there are many that were not shared and are proudly only Roman, or only Greek. This comprehensive atlas presents dictionary entries about the major gods, heroes, and imaginary creatures of Greek and Roman mythology, along with information on some key historical figures and philosophical schools of thought. In this impressive book, the entries unfold through a pictorial and illustrated journey. Through a robust glossary, sidebars, and thematic introductions the social studies content of this fascinating subject becomes easily digestible, even for the most reluctant reader, while the further reading section inspires future research.

Author : E. O. James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585093823

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The Cult of the Mother Goddess by E. O. James Pdf

This book provides a complete historical overview of the Mother Goddess and her influence. All of the major female goddesses found throughout history are covered.

Author : Nora Clark
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443876780

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Aphrodite and Venus in Myth and Mimesis by Nora Clark Pdf

Aphrodite and Venus in Myth and Mimesis is a broad, flexible source book of comparative literature and cultural studies. It promotes the wide-ranging presence and impact of prominent idiosyncratic personalities in fabled goddess mythology and its emphatic notions of endearment and allure. The book brings together seven hundred acknowledged sources drawn from successive historical, global and literary eras, including principal commentaries, along with factual information and important renditions in art, prose and verse, within and beyond mainstream western culture. A lengthy, detailed introduction presents a copious documented preview of the viable adaptation and mimesis of ‘divine’ characterization and its respective centrality from the long distant past to the present day. Myth, rarely latent, demonstrates varied modes of expression and open-ended flexibility throughout the six comprehensive chapters which illuminate and probe, in turn, aspects of the ideological presence, sensibilities, trials and triumphs and interventions of the goddess, whether sacred or profane. Particular literary extracts and episodes range across ancient cultures alongside quite recent expressions of hermeneutics, blending myth with the contemporary in the multi-layered reception or admonishment of the goddess, whether by one designation or the other. As such, this book is wholly relevant to all stages of the evolution and expansion of a dynamic European literary culture and its leading authors and personalities.

Author : Kim J. Hartswick
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292749542

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The Gardens of Sallust by Kim J. Hartswick Pdf

Pleasure gardens, or horti, offered elite citizens of ancient Rome a retreat from the noise and grime of the city, where they could take their leisure and even conduct business amid lovely landscaping, architecture, and sculpture. One of the most important and beautiful of these gardens was the horti Sallustiani, originally developed by the Roman historian Sallust at the end of the first century B.C. and later possessed and perfected by a series of Roman emperors. Though now irrevocably altered by two millennia of human history, the Gardens of Sallust endure as a memory of beauty and as a significant archaeological site, where fragments of sculpture and ruins of architecture are still being discovered. In this ambitious work, Kim Hartswick undertakes the first comprehensive history of the Gardens of Sallust from Roman times to the present, as well as its influence on generations of scholars, intellectuals, and archaeologists. He draws from an astonishing array of sources to reconstruct the original dimensions and appearance of the gardens and the changes they have undergone at specific points in history. Hartswick thoroughly discusses the architectural features of the garden and analyzes their remains. He also studies the sculptures excavated from the gardens and discusses the subjects and uses of many outstanding examples.

Author : Eve MacDonald
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300210156

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Hannibal by Eve MacDonald Pdf

The life of the great Carthaginian general who marched into Rome during the Second Punic War is reexamined in this revealing and scholarly biography. Once of the greatest military minds of the Ancient World, Hannibal Barca lived a life of daring and survival, massive battles, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography, Eve MacDonald employs archaeological findings and documentary sources to expand the memory of Hannibal beyond his military career. Considering him in the context of his time and the Carthaginian culture that shaped him, MacDonald offers a complex portrait of a man from a prominent family who was both a military hero and a statesman. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal’s legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating figures in all of history.

Author : Elaine Fantham
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110229332

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Roman Readings by Elaine Fantham Pdf

This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham, which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry and the poetic representation of children in relation to their mothers and teachers. The volume opens with papers on Roman comedy: Menaechmi, Trinummus, Hautontimorumenos, papers on women of the demimonde in Truculentus and Eunuchus, Cistellaria and Poenulus. The second part deals with rhetoric, including the subject of imitation as a stylistic feature, the study of performance comparing oratory and comedy and of declamation. Papers on Ovid's Fasti include a study of failed rape-scenes and papers concerned with women's cults. The last part (Senecan tragedy, Lucan, Statius) focuses on Lucan's Civil War and his treatment of Caesar as well as Statius' Thebaid and Achilleid.

Author : Thomas Biggs,Jessica Blum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108498098

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The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature by Thomas Biggs,Jessica Blum Pdf

From Homer to the moon, this volume explores the epic journey across space and time in the ancient world.

Author : Ronnie Gale Dreyer
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Astrology
ISBN : UCSC:32106012020761

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Venus by Ronnie Gale Dreyer Pdf

The Goddess Venus has long been an inspiration to artists, writers and composers, while the word 'Venus' itself conjures up images of the perfect woman - an ideal of feminine beauty. This image works not only to dictate a certain aesthetic ideal, but also distorts the original goddesses of love and fertility from whom Venus and Aphrodite are descended.