Éditeur : Routledge & Kegan Paul | Date & Lieu : 1979, London |
Préface : | Pages : 252 |
Traduction : | ISBN : 0-7100-0121-5 |
Langue : Anglais | Format : 152x254 mm |
Thème : Religion |
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Table des Matières | Introduction | Identité | ||
Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices |
Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices [...] A blending of cultures is also suggested by the ruins of a great temple at Kangavar in Upper Media (Kurdistan). These have Hellenic features and, according to Isidore of Charax, 'Artemis' was worshipped there. This, however, is one of the identifications of Anahita, and probably in post-Seleucid times the Kangavar temple became wholly hers. The ruins of yet another temple have been found at Susa, one of the Achaemenian capitals. It appears to have been built either in the Achaemenian period, during the reign of Artaxerxes II, or later, with stones taken from his palace there ; but there is nothing to show whether this fairly modest sanctuary was a fire temple or an image shrine. |