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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Hardcover. Fine in near fine mildly spine-sunnded jacket, now housed in mylar./near fine. Small quarto in beige and blue jacket; xviii, 452 pages: illustrations, maps; bibliographical references (pages 359-401) and indexes. Series: The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. "Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. Conflict and resolution were played out symbolically, Munn shows, and the goddess of Lydian tyranny was eventually accepted by the Athenians as the Mother of the Gods and a symbol of their own sovereignty. Contents: Sovereignty and divinity in classical Greek thought -- The Mother of the Gods and the sovereignty of Midas -- The Mother of the Gods and the ideals of Lydian tyranny -- The Mother of the Gods and the practices of Lydian tyranny -- Asia, the Oikoumen and the map of the world -- The Mother of the Gods and Persian sovereignty -- Persian sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians --…
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The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion
by Munn, Mark Henderson
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