Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

In the Garden of the Gods (eBook, PDF)

Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the evolution of kingship in the Ancient Near East from the time of the Sumerians to the rise of the Seleucids, this book argues that the Sumerian emphasis on the divine favour that the fertility goddess and the Sun god bestowed upon the king should be understood metaphorically from the start and that these metaphors survived in later historical periods, through popular literature including the Epic of Gilgamesh. The author's research shows that from the earliest times Near Eastern kings and their scribes adapted these metaphors to promote royal legitimacy in accordance with legendary exempla that highlighted the role of the king as the establisher of order and civilization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317117766
• Artikelnr.: 45449507

Autorenporträt

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides is a senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at Monash University, Australia. She holds degrees from Aristotle University, Greece, and the Universities of Leeds and Kent at Canterbury in the UK. She studied Akkadian through Macquarie University, Australia. She has published extensively on ancient comparative literature and religion and her work has appeared in a number of journals including The Classical Quarterly, Viator, GRBS, American Journal of Philology, The Classical Journal, Arethusa, Maia and Latomus.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Laying the groundwork
Dying kings in the ANE: Gilgame and his travels in the garden of power
Sacred marriage in the ANE: the collapse of the garden and its aftermath
Renewing the cosmos: garden and goddess in first millennium ideology
The Seleucids at Babylon: flexing traditions and reclaiming the garden
Synthesis: cultivating community memory.