The God Aion in a Mosaic from Nea Paphos (Cyprus) and Graeco-Phoenician Cosmogonies in the Roman East
This essay offers a new interpretive angle on a fourth-century CE mosaic from Nea Paphos in Cyprus, in which the central panel depicts the god Aion presiding over the contest between Kassiopeia and the Nereids. The mosaic, which has other mythological scenes, two of them focused on Dionysos, has bee...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2020]
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Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 21/22, Issue: 1, Pages: 423-447 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Religion
/ Paphos
/ Eon, God
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Phoenicia
/ Cosmogony
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
Further subjects: | B
Religionswissenschaften
B Theologie und Religion B Altertumswissenschaften B Antike Religionsgeschichte B Klassische Altertumswissenschaften |
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