From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods, like 'Thundering Zeus', 'Three-faced Moon', 'Baal of the Force' or the enigmatic YHWH, reveal their history, family ties, fields of competence and capacity for action. Shared or specific, these names bring to light networks of gods: the Saviour gods, the Ancestral gods, the gods of a city or a family. Names tell stories about the relationship between men and gods, gods and places, places and cultures and so on.
They show how gods travel and spread, how they appear and disappear, how they participate in the political, social, intellectual history of each community. Through the study of divine names, the twelve chapters of this book unfold a gallery of portraits that reveal the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.
| ISBN: | 9781009394802 |
| Publication date: | 12th November 2026 |
| Author: | Corinne Bonnet, Ralph Häussler |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Series: | Classical Scholarship in Translation |
| Genres: |
Ancient history Ancient Greek religion and mythology Ancient Greek and Roman literature |
From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods, like 'Thundering Zeus', 'Three-faced Moon', 'Baal of the Force' or the enigmatic YHWH, reveal their history, family ties, fields of competence and capacity for action. Shared or specific, these names bring to light networks of gods: the Saviour gods, the Ancestral gods, the gods of a city or a family.
The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions features in the following genres: Ancient history, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ancient Greek and Roman literature
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The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions was written by Corinne Bonnet, Ralph Häussler and published by Cambridge University Press
The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions has 306 pages
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