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Ancient Crete helped shape Greek religion—and this study shows how Cretan elements influenced worship across the Aegean world. A scholarly exploration of how Crete contributed to the rise of Greek cults, especially around Apollo, the mother goddess, and related rites.
Presented as a doctoral dissertation for Bryn Mawr College (1913), the work assembles literary and archaeological evidence to trace how Cretan practice and mythography passed into Greek cults. It situates Crete as both a source of ritual and a conduit for Eastern and continental ideas, detailing how pre-Hellenic beliefs mingled with later Greek worship.
- Shows Crete as a “stepping stone” linking Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Greek mainland in religious exchange.
- Explores the worship of the great mother-goddess and the Orphic mysteries in a Crete‑centered frame.
- Examines apollo cults connected to Amyklaios and other pre-Hellenic forms, including Hyakinthos and Hyakinthia.
- Discusses how deities, rites, and ritual elements migrated and transformed across the Aegean world.
Ideal for readers interested in the roots of Greek religion, the transmission of cults, and the cultural exchange between Crete and the Greek mainland.
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Recent excavations in Crete have placed in the forefront of Hellenic study the problem of determining what influences sur vived from the old Aegean religion in Hellenic worship. This debt which Greece owed to Crete is one that the ancients them selves recognized. Although the writers who mention this point did not have as an aid the monumental evidence which we possess, their testimony proves that myths and tradi tions survived in their time which recalled Cretan influ ence in religion no less than in institutions, laws, and art. Diodoros Siculus records the boast of the Cretans that most of the gods worshipped among men went from Crete to other lands, citing in particular, Zeus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Artemis and Apollo1 he notes also the claim that the mysteries had their origin among them and were communicated to Greece through their agency.' The Cretans undoubtedly overstated the case, even where the Greek gods are concerned. It is, however, undeniable that a certain element of truth lurks behind many of these traditions.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book focuses on the profound influence that Crete, with its compelling history of intercultural exchange, had on the development of Apolloâs worship in Greece. The author demonstrates that Apollo adopted elements from the Cretan mother-goddess cult, such as the Omophagia, as well as ritualistic aspects like the Pythiaâs ecstatic inspiration at Delphi. This adoption of Cretan elements led to the hybridization and assimilation of deities and rituals, evident in the names and attributes of Apolloâs cult figures, such as Zeus, Leto, and the Muses. Through this assimilation, the book reveals Apollo's foundational roots in Aegean religion and provides captivating insights into the dynamic interplay of deities and cultures in ancient Greece. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781527721548_0
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