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Munn, Mark Henderson.

Title The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia : a study of sovereignty in ancient religion / Mark Munn.

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Location	Call No.	Status
UniM INTERNET Resource		AVAILABLE

Physical description	1 online resource (xviii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series	The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
	Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-401) and indexes.
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 Oikoumenē and the map of the world -- The Mother of the Gods and Persian sovereignty -- Persian sovereignty and the Gods of the Athenians -- Herodotus and the Gods -- The Mother of the Gods at Athens.
Summary	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.
Subject	Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
	Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult -- Turkey -- Lydia (Kingdom)
	Religion and politics -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
	Sovereignty -- Religious aspects -- History of doctrines.
	Religion and politics -- Turkey -- Lydia (Kingdom) -- History.
	Despotism -- Religious aspects -- History of doctrines.
	History
ISBN	9780520931589 (electronic bk.)
	0520931580 (electronic bk.)
	1429402334 (electronic bk.)
	9781429402330 (electronic bk.)
	9780520243491 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	0520243498 (cloth ; alk. paper)
	1282357638
	9781282357631
	160129395X
	9781601293954
	0520243498
	9780520243491
Standard Number	2770724
	9780520243491