Women and Isis Lochia
Commemorations of divine protection in Roman Macedonia = Mujeres e Isis Lochia: Conmemoraciones de la protección divina en Macedonia romana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12844796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dafni Maikidou‐Poutrino (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 433-433 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARYS Antigüedad Religiones y Sociedades (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1575-166X • E-ISSN: 2173-6847 |
| Publisher | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.20318/arys.2018.4423 |
| OpenAlex | W2972437727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In four cities of Roman Macedonia- Thessalonica, Dion, Beroea and Stobi- six dedicatory inscriptions testify to the presence of Isis Lochia, a deity who protected women at childbirth. These dedications, made both by men and women, commemorate the gratitude to a goddess who safeguarded the precarious passage from pregnancy to motherhood. The present research brings these data together in order to gain insights in the public expression of this religious activity. The information furnished by the inscriptions and the votive reliefs, the place of the dedications inside or outside the temple, the location of the temple in relation to the urban grid, the social status of the social actors, they all contribute to the reconstruction of religious memory as shaped by the relationship between women and Isis Lochia. In addition, these acts are explored as components of cultic activities that had a noteworthy continuity through space and time in ancient Greece
Ancient history · Gratitude · Order (exchange · Relation (database · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |