Ancient Religions

by Sarah Iles Johnston

Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners journeying from place to place peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths traveled with them. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were sometimes taken home to be adapted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025482
• ISBN13: 9780674025486
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.8"