Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess
A Near Eastern Koine
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Author
Publication
2009 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100252033922
- ISBN-139780252033926
- Library of Congress Control Number2008029475
- OCLC Control Number233813744
- Better World Books9780252033926
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL16974160M
Classifications
- DDC299/.1
- LCCBL793.C7 M335 2009
- LCCBL793.C7M335 2009
and 1 more
- LCCBL793.C7 M335 2010
Description
Ancient Minoan culture has been typically viewed as an ancestor of classical Greek civilization, but this book shows that Minoan Crete was on the periphery of a powerfully dynamic cultural interchange with its neighbors. Rather than viewing Crete as the autochthonous ancestor of Greece's glory, Nanno Marinatos considers ancient Crete in the context of its powerful competitors to the east and south. Analyzing the symbols of the Minoan theocratic system and their similarities to those of Syria, Anatolia, and Egypt, Marinatos unlocks many Minoan visual riddles and establishes what she calls a "cultural koine," or standard set of cultural assumptions, that circulated throughout the Near East and the eastern Mediterranean at the time Minoan civilization reached its peak. With more than one hundred and fifty illustrations, Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess delivers a comprehensive reading of Minoan art as a system of thought.
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