Mastrocinque Bona Dea and the Cults of Roman Women

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10754-9
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Bona Dea, also known as Fauna, was a very important goddess of female initiations in Rome, and several features of hers were shared by similar goddesses in ancient Italy. This e-book sheds light on two hitherto unexplored features: the Dionysiac character and the Lydian style of her festivals. The wife of a consul took on the attitude and the attire of Omphale as the president of Dionysiac ceremonies. Faunus was supposed to precede Bacchus and give fecundity to the bride (i.e. Ariadne), whereas Hercules was thought of as an effeminate musician who created harmony. This was the correct ritual behaviour of prenuptial ceremonies, as it was depicted on many Dionysiac sarcophagi. The iconography of these monuments depicts important features of Faunus and Fauna. Believers are depicted on sarcophagi in the attitude of Bacchus or, in case of women, of either Ariadne or Omphale. A final comparison with initiations among native tribes of Oceania clarifies many rituals of the ancients.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mastrocinque, Attilio

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen Indigene Religionen Asiens, Australasiens und Ozeaniens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;8
2;I. PREFACE;12
3;II. INTRODUCTION;14
4;III. GIRLS AND PAGAN GODS;16
4.1;1. METHOD;16
4.2;2. VIRGINITY WITHOUT HYMEN;17
4.3;3. GODS AND THE IUS PRIMÆ NOCTIS ACCORDING TO ST. AUGUSTINE;19
4.4;4. PAGAN GODS AND THEIR IUS PRIMÆ NOCTIS;22
4.5;5. SYMBOLIC ACTS;24
4.6;6. LUPERCALIA;25
4.7;7. WHIPS AND BOXES: DIVINE SYMBOLS OF FERTILITY;26
5;IV. WEDDING INVITATION;28
5.1;1. THE MYTH OF THE DISAPPOINTED HERCULES;28
5.2;2. FAUNUS, A DISAPPOINTED GOD;30
5.3;3. CEREMONIES AT THE HOME OF THE HIGHEST ROMAN MAGISTRATE;31
5.4;4. THE MYTH OF BONA DEA;35
5.5;5. CHARACTERISTICS OF BONA DEA;36
5.6;6. BONA DEA AND DIONYSIAC MARRIAGE;37
5.7;7. RULERS WHO PERFORMED HIEROGAMY RITUALS;38
5.8;8. IMAGES OF DIONYSUS AND WOMEN ON ROMAN SARCOPHAGI;40
5.9;9. HERCULES AT DIONYSUS’ WEDDING;45
5.10;10. A DIONYSISM WITHOUT DIONYSUS?;51
5.11;11. MEN AT THE FESTIVAL OF BONA DEA;53
5.12;12. PLUMP LYDE’S BOX;57
5.13;13. A RITUAL FOR BOYS;63
5.14;14. THE FESTIVAL FOR MEN;67
6;V. INITIATIONS AND POLITICAL POWER;71
6.1;1. BACCHIC FESTIVALS AND ROMAN WOMEN;71
6.2;2. HOW MANY CEREMONIES FOR BONA DEA?;75
6.3;3. LIVIA AND BONA DEA;77
6.4;4. THE SENACULUM MULIERUM;79
7;VI. OMPHALE;83
7.1;1. THE ITALIC ORIGINS OF THE ROMAN OMPHALE;83
7.2;2. HERCULES MUSARUM;89
7.3;3. THE MEANING OF CLODIUS DISGUISEMENT;95
7.4;4. THE RITUAL OF JUNO CAPROTINA;99
7.5;5. ROMAN GIRLS RAPED BY HERCULES;106
7.6;6. DREAMING OF THE GOD;108
7.7;7. THE MARRIAGE OF LAVINIA;111
7.8;8. OMPHALE: A GODDESS OF MAGNA GRÆCIA;115
7.9;9. OMPHALE, A LUCANIAN AND JAPYGIAN GODDESS;118
7.10;10. OMPHALE WITHIN THE HELLENISTIC CULTS;120
7.11;10. OMPHALE OR DEMETER?;123
7.12;11. DEMETRIAN FEATURES OF BONA DEA’S FESTIVALS;124
7.13;12. CHRONOLOGY;126
7.14;13. THE GODDESS OF WOMANHOOD;129
8;VII. THE REIGN OF BACCHUS;132
8.1;1. LIBER AND LIBERA;132
8.2;2. LIBERA AND ARIADNE;134
8.3;3. ORIENTAL CULTS?;136
8.4;4. THE ORPHISM OF BONA DEA;137
8.5;5. ORPHIC PATTERNS;142
9;VIII. DIVINE DAUGHTERS AND WIVES;145
9.1;1. THE RITUALS AND MYTHOLOGY OF ANNA PERENNA;145
9.2;2. SOCIAL STATUS AND FERTILITY RITUALS;149
9.3;3. THE MEANING OF THE RITUALS;150
9.4;4. ?URI, AN ETRUSCAN AND FALISCAN GOD;156
9.5;5. CAVATHA, AN ETRUSCAN QUEEN OF THE NETHERWORLD;162
9.6;6. ?URI AND FAUNUS IN A BACCHIC WORLD;164
9.7;7. POMONUS AND VESUNA;167
9.8;8. CIRCE AND PICUS;168
9.9;9. POMONA AND VERTUMNUS;170
9.10;10. MARICA AND MARES;174
9.11;11. MINERVA TRITONIA AND TRITON IN LAVINIUM;176
10;IX. OPPOSITION AND COMPLEMENTARITY;181
10.1;1. FOREST AND GARDEN;181
10.2;2. WINE;184
10.3;3. FLORA;185
10.4;4. THE CALENDAR;190
10.5;5. INITIATIONS;191
10.6;6. CONCLUSION;196
11;ABBREVIATIONS;198
12;BIBLIOGRAPHY;200
13;INDEX;202

Über Autor(innen)

Mastrocinque, Attilio
Attilio Mastrocinque is full professor at the University of Verona and coordinator of the international doctorate in Arts and Archaeology (Ghent-Verona).