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By Laurent Bricault, Miguel John Versluys, Paul G. P. Meyboom

Curiosity in every kind of interactions among Egypt and Rome has grown significantly over the past decade. This debate has not just altered our perspectives at the influence of Rome on Alexandria and Egypt but additionally strongly placed to the fore the opposite course of this cultural interplay: Egyptian affects at the Roman international. it truly is this subject, Egypt within the Roman global, that was once imperative to the IIIrd overseas convention of Isis experiences, held in Leiden in might 2005. This e-book, a range of the papers introduced on the convention, offers a transparent review of the talk because it has built in recent times. In components (Interpretations of the that means of Aegyptiaca Romana and realizing the cults of Isis of their neighborhood context), it bargains a large standpoint at the a variety of features of cultural interplay among Egypt and Rome, additionally by way of bringing jointly assorted study traditions during this box.

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Jentel, G. ), Tranquillitas. Mélanges en l’honneur de Tran tam Tinh, Hier pour aujourd’hui 7 (Québec 1994) 1-9. 59 32 michel malaise de réserver l’appellation d’« alexandrines » à des divinités égyptogrecques qui seraient non seulement le résultat d’une interpretatio graeca d’anciennes divinités égyptiennes, mais qui, en outre, offriraient des caractéristiques propres à la capitale créée par Alexandre. Même si l’allure extérieure hellénisée de divinités comme Sérapis a été conçue à Alexandrie, il reste à voir si ces déités ont présenté des traits spécifiques à ce site.

Kiss, Le dieu-crocodile 282. 56 Cf. C. Cozzolino, dans E. ), Iside, p. ; Kiss, Le dieu-crocodile 282, 283 et fig. 11. 57 Cf. RICIS 503/1203. 58 Le Bithynien osirifié fut donc, semble-t-il, parfois l’hôte des temples isiaques. Et du côté de l’Égypte Si le centre de gravité de ce travail repose sur la diaspora d’Isis et des siens, il est néanmoins nécessaire d’aborder brièvement la définition des divinités isiaques, et donc plus ou moins hellénisées, en terre égyptienne, et particulièrement bien attestées dans le monde des terres cuites.

Besides the category of aegyptiaca, he distinguishes between pharaonica, nilotica and products of aegyptomania. This is not the place to discuss Malaise’s well argued proposal in detail. What is interesting and worthwhile (and will hopefully instigate further discussions) is that the reader will find different opinions on this matter throughout these proceedings. In a piece discussed below, Molly Swetnam-Burland, for instance, has an almost opposite point of departure in her interpretation of Egyptiana in Italy.

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