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Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks :

(Number (ISBN

079142023X :

(Number (ISBN

0791420248 (pbk.) :

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b524888

Title Proper

Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[1994]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1994

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xli, 319 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-299) and index

Text of Note

Ch. 1. Theory of Alignments -- Ch. 2. Interpretation of the Alignments. The Zodiacal Wheel Centered on Delphi. A Text of Plato's -- Ch. 3. The System Centered on Delos -- Ch. 4. An Anatolian System Centered on Sardis -- Ch. 5. The Constellations, Return to Delphi. Demeter, Artemis, and Athena -- Ch. 6. The World Axis and the Planetary Lines. Symbols of the Pole -- Ch. 7. The Zodiacal Division of Attica and the Mysteries: Agrae and Eleusis -- Ch. 8. Zodiacal Wheels as Keys to Decoding. The Gods and the Zodiac -- Ch. 9. The Cult of Zeus. Sardis, Delphi, and the Oasis of Siwa. A System Centered on Ammoneion -- Ch. 10. The Calendars of Heracles. Guardians of the Signs -- Ch. 11. The Astral Significance of Greek Myths and Heroes -- Ch. 12. The Revelation of the Lion of Julis -- Ch. 13. Fixed Symbols of the Signs, Directions, and Seasons. The Loves of Zeus -- Ch. 14. Double Symbols. Syncretic Forms. Fighting Animals, Dynamic Symbols of Seasonal Variations. The Calendar of Xanthus -- Ch. 15. Shield Devices. The Common Origins of Blazons and Monetary Symbols. The Complementarity of Opposites. Plaques from Delphi. Study of Vases -- Ch. 16. The Horoscopic Meaning of the Armlets of Shields -- Ch. 17. Greek Temples: Sculpted Pediments and Zodiacal Geography. The Structure of Sanctuaries -- Ch. 18. Greek Temples of Asia Minor. The Decor of the Temple of Assos in the Troad -- Ch. 19. The Delphic Oracle and Colonization. Animal Guides. The Trojan Horse -- Ch. 20. Zodiacal Imagery at Mycenae. The Great Uranian Goddess. The Inquiry Continues

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General Material Designation

Géographie sacrée du monde grec.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Art and religion-- Greece

Astrology, Greek

Sacred space-- Greece

Shrines-- Greece

Greece, Religion

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Richer, Jean,1915-

Date of Transaction

20141128182346.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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