Mithraism in Ancient Syria: The Persian Cult on the Borders of the Roman Empire
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Result language
čeština
Original language name
Mithraism in Ancient Syria: The Persian Cult on the Borders of the Roman Empire
Original language description
The article summarizes and evaluates Mithraic evidence from Ancient Syria. At the same time, it tries to answer two interrelated questions: 1) whether there is a special ?quality? in Mithraic material from Syria which would justify us to postulate the existence of a special variety of Syrian Mithraism different from its Western form; 2) whether some of the Mithraic monuments from Syria can help us to clarify the vexed problem of Mithraic origins. After a careful analysis of the most important evidence answers to both questions must remain negative. Although the Syrian monuments clearly share some ?Syrian artistic conventions?, they generally follow the norms and motifs known from the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The Syrian monuments are alsousually relatively late, connected with the Roman military or administrative presence and do not contribute to our search for Mithraic origins in any decisive way.
Czech name
Mithraism in Ancient Syria: The Persian Cult on the Borders of the Roman Empire
Czech description
The article summarizes and evaluates Mithraic evidence from Ancient Syria. At the same time, it tries to answer two interrelated questions: 1) whether there is a special ?quality? in Mithraic material from Syria which would justify us to postulate the existence of a special variety of Syrian Mithraism different from its Western form; 2) whether some of the Mithraic monuments from Syria can help us to clarify the vexed problem of Mithraic origins. After a careful analysis of the most important evidence answers to both questions must remain negative. Although the Syrian monuments clearly share some ?Syrian artistic conventions?, they generally follow the norms and motifs known from the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The Syrian monuments are alsousually relatively late, connected with the Roman military or administrative presence and do not contribute to our search for Mithraic origins in any decisive way.
Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GP401%2F09%2FP267" target="_blank" >GP401/09/P267: Ancient Mystery Cults and Their Existence in the Religious World of the Roman Empire: Influences, Interactions and Conflicts</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World
ISBN
978-80-8082-500-3
ISSN
1338-5410
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
57-66
Publisher name
Trnavská univerzita v Trnave
Place of publication
Trnava
Event location
Trnava
Event date
Jan 1, 2010
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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