Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess: A Near Eastern Koine
Nanno Marinatos
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Hardback. Delivers a comprehensive reading of Minoan art as a system of thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, 137 line drawings, 24 b&w photographs, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252033926
SKU
V9780252033926
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About Nanno Marinatos
Nanno Marinatos is a professor of classics at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Reviews for Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess: A Near Eastern Koine
"An exhilarating book, breezily written with a hands-on approach to the material."
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections "A well-written and richly informed work, which forcefully reasserts the validity of the ways eminent scholars, going back to the early work of Sir Arthur Evans more than a century ago, thought. In many ways it is a tour de force of scholarship, embodying ... Read more
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections "A well-written and richly informed work, which forcefully reasserts the validity of the ways eminent scholars, going back to the early work of Sir Arthur Evans more than a century ago, thought. In many ways it is a tour de force of scholarship, embodying ... Read more