The Development and Diffusion of the Cult of Isis in the Hellenistic Period
During the 4th century BCE and the Hellenistic period (323 – 31 BCE), the cult of Isis increasingly appeared outside of Egypt throughout the Greek world. The widespread diffusion of her cult at this time occurred due to Alexander III of Macedon’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. His conquest of th...
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The University of Arizona.
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624095 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/624095 |