Religion, society and culture at Dura-Europos

"This volume advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos, the small town on the Euphrates known since the 1930s as the 'Pompeii of the Syrian desert.' Several features make the site potentially our best source for day-to-day life in a small town sit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Yale University. Department of Classics (-)
Otros Autores: Kaizer, Ted, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press 2016.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Yale classical studies ; v. 38.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39817969*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Ted Kaizer
  • 1. Dura-Europos : a Greek town of the Parthian empire / Leonardo Gregoratti
  • 2. Everyday life in Roman Dura-Europos : the evidence of dress practices / Jennifer A. Baird
  • 3. Acculturation, hybridity, creolite : mapping cultural diversity in Dura-Europos / Michael Sommer
  • 4. The problem with Parthian art at Dura / Lucinda Dirven
  • 5. Gesture at Dura-Europos : a new interpretation of the so-called scene enigmatique / Maura K. Heyn
  • 6. Women and the religious life of Dura-Europos / Jean-Baptiste Yon
  • 7. Multifunctional sanctuaries at Dura-Europos / Julian Buchmann
  • 8. The Mithraeum of Dura-Europos : new perspectives / Tommaso Gnoli
  • 9. Imperial representation at Dura-Europos : suggestions for urban paths / Cristina Marta Acqua
  • 10. Thoughts on two Latin dipinti / Jacqueline Austin
  • 11. The bilingual Palmyrene-Greek inscriptions at Dura-Europos : a comparison with the bilinguals from Palmyra / Loren T. Stuckenbruck
  • 12. Economic life in Roman Dura-Europos / Kai Ruffing
  • 13. The dangers of adventurous reconstruction : Frank Brown at Dura-Europos / Susan B. Downey
  • 14. Dura-Europos and Yale : past, present and future / Lisa R. Brody.