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Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book examines representations of divine music to argue that visual arts could communicate the sound of divine music being depicted.
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In this volume, Carolyn M. Laferrière examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs depicting the gods most frequently shown as musicians to reconstruct how ima
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Divine Names are a key component in the communication between humans and gods in Antiquity. Their complexity derives not only from the impressive number of onom
Religion in the Art of Archaic and Classical Greece
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"An examination of the combined subjects of ancient Greek art and religion, dealing with festivals, performance, rites of passage, and the archaeology of death,
The Art of Libation in Classical Athens
Language: en
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Authors: Milette Gaifman
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This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in