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This collection explores the multifaceted nature of the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Italy. It examines Italic, Etruscan, and Latin deities in context and in the material remains, and also in the Greco-Roman written record and later scholarship which drew on these texts.
Many deities were worshipped in ancient Italy by different individuals and communities, using different languages, at different sanctuaries, and for very different reasons. This multiplicity creates challenges for modern historians of antiquity at different levels. How do we cope with it? Can we reduce it to the conceptual unity necessary to provide a meaningful historical interpretation? To what extent can deities named in different languages be considered the equivalent of one another (e.g. Artemis and Diana)? How can we interpret the visual representations of deities that are not accompanied by written text? Can we reconstruct what these deities meant to their local worshippers although the overwhelming majority of our sources were written by Romans and Greeks? The contributors of this book, a group of ten scholars from the UK, Italy, France, and Poland, offer different perspectives on these problems, each concentrating on a particular god or goddess.
Gods and Goddesses in Ancient Italyoffers an invaluable resource for anyone working on ancient Roman and Italian religion.
- Autors Bispham Edward And Smith Christopher, Daniele Miano
- ISBN13 9781138697553
- ISBN10 1138697559
- Pàgines 163
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 12/05/2026
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- Bispham Edward And Smith Christopher, Daniele Miano
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- ROUTLEDGE (2026)
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