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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Archaeology and Classical Humanities Ser. ; v.1 |
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Archaeology and Classical Humanities Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Archaeology and Classical Humanities -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Fig. 1b: Obverse enlargement of the 'Badge of Thales.' Image courtesy of Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, background edited by author. Inv. Gulbenkian 720. -- Marx to Sohn-Rethel: Dialectical Materialist Approaches to the Origin of Philosophy -- Karl Marx -- Use-Value, Exchange-Value, and the Critique of Aristotle -- Dialectical/Historical Materialism -- George Thomson -- Alfred Sohn-Rethel -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 |
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Fig. 6: Engraved gem from Falerii featuring Herakles and Acheloios, early sixth century BC. Author's drawing of an item from Berlin-Charlottenburg. Inv. FG 136. -- Fig. 7: Relief from Sakçagözü, eighth century BC. Author's drawing of the object in situ. -- Fig. 8: Herald's Wall, tenth to eighth century BC. Author's drawing of the object in situ. -- Fig. 9: Ionian askos of Cypriot style, from Emporion, c. mid sixth century BC. Author's drawing of an object in the Museo Arqueológico Provincial, Gerona |
| Summary |
Through careful analysis of the archaeological record, close reading of ancient sources, and deep investigations into the languages of our past, this study demonstrates the importance of the influence of the cult of Acheloios on Thales, fundamentally changing our understanding of the origin of the philosophical experience in 6th century Ionia |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Fig. 10: Bezel with engraved scarab featuring mask of Acheloios, from Marion, Cyprus, c. seventh century BC. Image courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group, LLC. E-Auction 381, lot 692. Private collection |
| Subject |
Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C.
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Achelous (Greek deity) -- Cult
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| SUBJECT |
Achelous (Greek deity) fast |
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Thales, approximately 634 B.C.-approximately 546 B.C. fast |
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Cults
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Philosophy, Ancient
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781803270876 |
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180327087X |
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