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... Greek tonoi , or melodic formulas , comparable to the Greek nomoi . Byzantine chant molded the features of early Christian- ity with Hellenic and Oriental traits , including the Syrian oktōēchos , and achieved a brilliant and ...
... Greek tonoi , or melodic formulas , comparable to the Greek nomoi . Byzantine chant molded the features of early Christian- ity with Hellenic and Oriental traits , including the Syrian oktōēchos , and achieved a brilliant and ...
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... Greek gods : Isis with Demeter and Aphrodite ; Horus with Apollo and Helios ; Sarapis with Zeus , Dionysus , and Hades ( Pluto ) . Both Greek and Egyp- tian myths were adopted for these divinities . One of the suburbs of Alexandria ...
... Greek gods : Isis with Demeter and Aphrodite ; Horus with Apollo and Helios ; Sarapis with Zeus , Dionysus , and Hades ( Pluto ) . Both Greek and Egyp- tian myths were adopted for these divinities . One of the suburbs of Alexandria ...
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... Greek mysteries are explored in ERWIN ROHDE , Psyche : The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks ( 1925 , reprinted 1987 ; originally published in German , 8th ed . , 1921 ) , by the first author to understand the ...
... Greek mysteries are explored in ERWIN ROHDE , Psyche : The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks ( 1925 , reprinted 1987 ; originally published in German , 8th ed . , 1921 ) , by the first author to understand the ...
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