Mother of the Gods
Goddess of Power and Protector of Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9205668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Birgitte Bøgh (University of Aarhus, Faculty of ArtsTaasingegade 3, 8000 Aarhus CDenmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-67 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852712x610556 |
| OpenAlex | W2034849998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
The article presents a survey of the roles and status of Meter’s cult in the western Black Sea area, her reception in the archaic period, and the subsequent development of the goddess’s characteristics. Based on new scholarship on the goddess’s roles and status in Phrygia, and taking as a starting point an analysis of a selected number of archaeological Meter objects from the Black Sea region, it will be argued that Meter in this area throughout the centuries functioned as, primarily, a goddess of power, a protector of cities, and a goddess of the elite — the very traits that also characterised her cult in Phrygia. Furthermore, it is suggested that Meter, because of these traits, was eagerly embraced by official authorities outside the Black Sea area also, and that hence they were the primary reason for her early presence in Athens and later in Rome
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Black sea · Cult · Elite · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Scholarship · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
Polytheism and Society at Athens
The Ancient Mother of the Gods a Missing Chapter in the History of Greek Religion
Phrygian Matar
Germania, Raetia, Noricum, Pannonia, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Thracia, Moesia, Dacia, Regnum Bospori, Colchis, Scythia et Sarmatia
The Agora of Athens
De la Phrygie à Locres épizéphyrienne
Further considerations on the cult of Kybele
The Agora of Athens
The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia
Athenian Religion
Romanising Oriental Gods
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |