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The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the tyranny of Asia: a study of sovereignty in ancient religion

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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.

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0520931580 / 9780520931589
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11/07/2006
English
429 pages
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