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Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos / by Giorgos Papantoniou.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; ; . 347. | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 347. | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 604 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
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  • 9789004233805
  • 9004233806
  • 1283854171
  • 9781283854177
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 292.00939/3709014 23
LOC classification:
  • BL65.P7
  • DS54
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Abbreviations; General; Bibliography; List of Tables, Charts and Figures; Tables; Charts; Figures; Chronological Table; Map of Cyprus; Introduction; From Basileis to Strategos: 'Minding the Gap'; Chapter One. 'Setting the Scene': Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation; 1.1. From Basileis to Strategos: Telling the Story; 1.2. Continuities and Interruptions: Towards an Archaeology of Religion; 1.3. History of Research, Methodological Problems and Limitations.
1.4. From a Cypriot to a Pan-Hellenistic Context and Back: Hellenistic 'Hellenisations' and Cultural Koine1.5. From Cypriot to Hellenistic Koine; 1.6. Social Power and the Archaeology of Religion; 1.7. Methodology; Chapter Two. Sacred Landscapes; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Theoretical Background to the Study of Sacred Landscapes; 2.3. Survey Analysis and Its Implications for the Study of Cypriot Sacred Landscapes; 2.4. Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the Transition; 2.4.1. The Sacred Landscapes of the Cypriot City-Kingdoms; Cypro-Classical Landscapes in Transition.
Sanctuaries and Territorial ClaimsRegional Styles and Their Implications on Sacred Landscapes; Case Studies; Resume of the City-Kingdom Sacred Landscapes; 2.4.2. The Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes; Hellenistic Urbanisation and Settlement Archaeology; Back to the Sacred Space: Social Memories and the Construction of Hellenistic Identities; The Cases of Kafizin and Geronisos: Windows to Ptolemaic Ideologies?; Towards a More Unified Space: The Voice of Epigraphy and Religious Iconography; Resume of the Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes.
2.5. Concluding Remarks on the Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the TransitionChapter Three. Case Studies: Change and Variation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Soloi; 3.2.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.2.2. The Temples at Cholades; 3.2.3. 'Revisiting' Soloi-Cholades: 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; Identification of Cults; Ptolemaic Power and Ideology; Further Discussion; 3.3. Amathous; 3.3.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.3.2. The 'Palace' and Its Sanctuaries; The 'Propylon' Sanctuary; The 'Kouros' Sanctuary; The 'Baetyl' Sanctuary; 3.3.3. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite.
The City-Kingdom PeriodThe Hellenistic Period; 3.3.4. The 'Subterranean Cult Place'; 3.3.5. 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; 'Reading' Terracotta Figurines; From 'Astarte'/'Hathor' to Aphrodite/Isis? Royalty and Ideology; 3.4. Concluding Remarks on Soloi and Amathous Studies; Chapter Four. Cypriot 'Portraits'; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Ptolemaic Cult; 4.3. 'Portraiture' and Hellenistic Royal Sculptures; 4.4. Hellenistic 'Portraits' in a Cypriot Context; 4.4.1. History of Scholarship; 4.4.2. A Typological-Stylistic Approach.
Summary: By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent.

Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Abbreviations; General; Bibliography; List of Tables, Charts and Figures; Tables; Charts; Figures; Chronological Table; Map of Cyprus; Introduction; From Basileis to Strategos: 'Minding the Gap'; Chapter One. 'Setting the Scene': Historical Narratives, Theoretical Considerations and a Methodology for Interpretation; 1.1. From Basileis to Strategos: Telling the Story; 1.2. Continuities and Interruptions: Towards an Archaeology of Religion; 1.3. History of Research, Methodological Problems and Limitations.

1.4. From a Cypriot to a Pan-Hellenistic Context and Back: Hellenistic 'Hellenisations' and Cultural Koine1.5. From Cypriot to Hellenistic Koine; 1.6. Social Power and the Archaeology of Religion; 1.7. Methodology; Chapter Two. Sacred Landscapes; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Theoretical Background to the Study of Sacred Landscapes; 2.3. Survey Analysis and Its Implications for the Study of Cypriot Sacred Landscapes; 2.4. Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the Transition; 2.4.1. The Sacred Landscapes of the Cypriot City-Kingdoms; Cypro-Classical Landscapes in Transition.

Sanctuaries and Territorial ClaimsRegional Styles and Their Implications on Sacred Landscapes; Case Studies; Resume of the City-Kingdom Sacred Landscapes; 2.4.2. The Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes; Hellenistic Urbanisation and Settlement Archaeology; Back to the Sacred Space: Social Memories and the Construction of Hellenistic Identities; The Cases of Kafizin and Geronisos: Windows to Ptolemaic Ideologies?; Towards a More Unified Space: The Voice of Epigraphy and Religious Iconography; Resume of the Hellenistic Sacred Landscapes.

2.5. Concluding Remarks on the Cypriot Sacred Landscapes of the TransitionChapter Three. Case Studies: Change and Variation; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Soloi; 3.2.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.2.2. The Temples at Cholades; 3.2.3. 'Revisiting' Soloi-Cholades: 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; Identification of Cults; Ptolemaic Power and Ideology; Further Discussion; 3.3. Amathous; 3.3.1. History of Research and Topography; 3.3.2. The 'Palace' and Its Sanctuaries; The 'Propylon' Sanctuary; The 'Kouros' Sanctuary; The 'Baetyl' Sanctuary; 3.3.3. The Sanctuary of Aphrodite.

The City-Kingdom PeriodThe Hellenistic Period; 3.3.4. The 'Subterranean Cult Place'; 3.3.5. 'Syncretism' of Cults, Power and Ideology; 'Reading' Terracotta Figurines; From 'Astarte'/'Hathor' to Aphrodite/Isis? Royalty and Ideology; 3.4. Concluding Remarks on Soloi and Amathous Studies; Chapter Four. Cypriot 'Portraits'; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Ptolemaic Cult; 4.3. 'Portraiture' and Hellenistic Royal Sculptures; 4.4. Hellenistic 'Portraits' in a Cypriot Context; 4.4.1. History of Scholarship; 4.4.2. A Typological-Stylistic Approach.

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