Images of Mithra /

With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the Kushan Empire of southern Afghanistan and northern India during the first millennium AD. Even today, this name has a place in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Adrych, Philippa (Author), Dalglish, Dominic (Author), Bracey, Robert (Writer on coins) (Author), Lenk, Stefanie (Author), Wood, Rachel, 1983- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Visual conversations in art and archaeology.
Subjects:	Mithras. Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) > Art > History > To 1500. Mithraism in art > History > To 1500. Indo-Europeans > Antiquities. Indo-Europeans > Material culture > History > To 1500. Mithra (Divinité zoroastrienne) > Art > Jusqu'à 500. Mithracisme dans l'art > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500. Indo-Européens > Antiquités. Indo-Européens > Culture matérielle > Histoire > Jusqu'à 500. ART > History > General. Mithraism in art To 1500 Electronic books. illustrated books. Illustrated works History Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Reconstructions : Mithras in Rome
2. Patrons and viewers: Dura-Europos
3. Settings : Bourg-Saint-Andéol
4. Identifications : Mihr in Sasanian Iran
5. Interpretations : Miiro in Kushan Bactria
6. Syncretisms : Apollo-Mithras in Commagene
Conclusion
Epilogue : Quetzalcoatl and Mithra.