Mithraic iconography and ideology
Author | : Leroy A. Campbell |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 2015-11-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004296176 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004296174 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MITHRAIC CAVE -- FOUR TAUROCTONE ASSISTANTS -- THE TORCHBEARERS, CAUTES AND CAUTOPATES -- THE ZODIAC AND MITHRAIC ORIENTATION -- STARS AND PLANETS, WINDS AND SEASONS -- MITHRA EPHIPPOS AND INVICTUS -- MITHRA TAUROCTONOS -- SYMBOLS IN THE FIELD OF THE SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN RELIEFS -- SYMBOLS ON THE LOWER REGISTER OF THE SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN RELIEFS -- SYMBOLS FOUND IN THE TOP REGISTER OF THE RELIEFS OF SOUTHEAST EUROPE -- SYMBOLS OF THE PRINCIPIA MUNDI -- THE ICONOGRAPHY AND IDEOLOGY OF MITHRAIC SALVATION -- GENERAL AND ANALYTICAL INDEX -- TRANSLATIONS AND CITATIONS OF ANCIENT AUTHORS -- PERSONS -- MITHRAIC MONUMENTS -- PLATES I-XLV.