Mystery cults of the ancient world / Hugh Bowden.

Author: Bowden, Hugh.

Imprint:Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.

Description256 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.

Note:The Eleusinian mysteries -- The mysteries of the Kabeiroi and the great gods of Samothrace -- Other mystery sanctuaries in the Greek world -- The mother of the gods -- Dionysus -- Private initiation -- Words written on gold -- Isis -- Mithras -- The end of the mysteries -- Encountering the sacred.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.

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