Interest in all kinds of interactions between Egypt and Rome has grown considerably over the last decade. This debate has not only altered our views on the impact of Rome on Alexandria and Egypt but also strongly put to the fore the reverse direction of this cultural interaction: Egyptian influences on the Roman world. It is this topic, Egypt in the Roman World, that was central to the IIIrd International Conference of Isis Studies, held in Leiden in May 2005. This book, a selection of the papers delivered at the conference, gives a clear overview of the debate as it has developed in recent years. In two parts (Interpretations of the meaning of Aegyptiaca Romana and Understanding the cults of Isis in their local context), it offers a broad perspective on the various aspects of cultural interaction between Egypt and Rome, also by bringing together different research traditions in this field.
Author(s): Laurent Bricault, Miguel John Versluys, Paul G. P. Meyboom (editors)
Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
Publisher: BRILL
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 589
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Lists of Participants......Page 12
Abbreviations and Bibliography......Page 14
List of Figures......Page 18
Aegyptiaca Romana: The Widening Debate, Miguel John Versluys......Page 28
Part One: Interpretations of the Meaning of Aegyptiaca Romana......Page 42
Theoretical Reflections: The Role of Egypt and Egyptian Religion in the Roman World......Page 44
La Diffusion des Cultes Isiaques: Un Problème de Terminologie et de Critique, Michel Malaise......Page 46
The Hellenistic Face of Isis: Cosmic and Saviour Goddess, Giulia Stameni Gasparro......Page 67
Isis Gréco-Romaine et l'Hénothéisme Féminin, Robert Turcan......Page 100
Dion Cassius et les Phénomènes Religieux "Égyptiens". Quelques Suggestions pour un Mode D'Emploi, Pierre Cordier......Page 116
Case studies: Aegyptica in and around Pompeii andRome......Page 138
Egyptian objects, Roman contexts: A taste for aegyptiaca in Italy, Molly Swetnam-Burland......Page 140
The temple of Isis at Pompeii, Eric M. Moormann......Page 164
Three uses of the pygmy and the Aethiops at Pompeii: Decorating, “othering”, and warding off demons, John R. Clarke......Page 182
The meaning of dwarfs in Nilotic scenes, Paul G.P. Meyboom and Miguel John Versluys......Page 197
Obelisks still in exile: monuments made to measure?, Grant Parker......Page 236
A literary view on the Nile mosaic at Praeneste, Piet H. Schrijvers......Page 250
Part Two: Understanding the cults of Isis in their local context......Page 268
The Balkans and Greece......Page 270
La diffusion isiaque en Mésie Inférieure et en Thrace: Politique, commerce et religion, Laurent Bricault......Page 272
Témoignages isiaques en Dacie (106-271 ap. J.-C.): Cultes et Romanisation, Marie-Christine Budischovsky......Page 294
Traces d’Égypte en Dalmatie romaine: Culte, mode et pouvoir, Anemari Bugarski-Mesdjian......Page 316
Cultes et divinités isiaques en Thessalie: Identité et urbanisation, Jean-Claude Decourt and Athanassios Tziafalias......Page 356
Egyptian cults and local elites in Boiotia, Albert Schachter......Page 391
Isis in Corinth: the numismatic evidence. City, image and religion, Laurent Bricault and Richard Veymiers......Page 419
The Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean......Page 442
L’Hydreion du Sarapieion C de Délos: la divinisation de l’eau dans un sanctuaire isiaque, Hélène Siard......Page 444
Les dévotions à Isis et Sérapis dans la Judée-Palestine romaine, Nicole Belayche......Page 475
Images of Isis and her cultic shrines reconsidered. Towardsan Egyptian understanding of the interpretatio graeca, Robert Steven Bianchi......Page 497
The temple at Ras el-Soda. Is it an Isis temple? Is it Greek, Roman, Egyptian, or neither? And so what?, Frederick G. Naerebout......Page 533
Index Nominum......Page 582
Index Inscriptionum......Page 587
