ISIS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
Book Details + Condition: Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY). First Edition, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. 326 pages with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated. "The first study to document the extent and complexity of the ISIS cult's influence on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture. Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England." [Google Books]
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board, and info to ffep; interior is clean and free of markings. Dust jacket shows light aging and wear, and has been price-clipped.
