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" Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : "
Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone
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702699
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b524888
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Géographie sacrée du monde grec.English
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Richer, Jean,1915-
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Sacred geography of the ancient Greeks : : astrological symbolism in art, architecture, and landscape /\ Jean Richer ; translated by Christine Rhone
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, [1994]
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, ©1994
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
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xli, 319 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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079142023X :
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: 0791420248 (pbk.) :
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-299) and index
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| Contents
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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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Art and religion-- Greece
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Astrology, Greek
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Sacred space-- Greece
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Shrines-- Greece
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Greece, Religion
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133.5/0938
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BF1674.R513 1994
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