The Hymns to Isis of Isidoro and the aenigma of his cult

Isidoro’s Isis Hymns are four poems which most of them are dedicated to the goddess Isis except for one that is dedicated to a local hero, probably the founder of the temple where they are inscribed. This work focuses on the two hymns dedicated to the goddess written in hexameter and makes special e...

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Autor principal: Abrach, Luisina
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2019
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Sumario:Isidoro’s Isis Hymns are four poems which most of them are dedicated to the goddess Isis except for one that is dedicated to a local hero, probably the founder of the temple where they are inscribed. This work focuses on the two hymns dedicated to the goddess written in hexameter and makes special emphasis on the differences between these texts and the rest of the Isiac corpus, in order to try to explain their particularities taking account of their context of inscription and therefore cult.