Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas

Laurent Bricault>, Ph.D. (Paris-Sorbonne 1994), is Professor of Roman History at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Well known in the domain of Isis studies, he is the author of the Atlas de la diffusion des cultes isiaques (2001, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres) and has recently published Les cultes isiaques dans le monde gréco-romain (2013, Les Belles Lettres).

• PrefaceList of Illustrations, Tables and MapAbbreviationsIntroduction1 The Origins of Isis, Goddess of the Seas1.1 The Masters of the Waves in Ancient Egypt1.2 Isis, Navigation, and the Aquatic Element during the Pharaonic Period1.3 Isis, the Phoenicians, and the Greeks1.4 Arsinoe, Aphrodite, Isis and the Marine Element2 The Canonization of A New Prerogative3 Representations of Isis, Goddess of the Seas3.1 The Isis-with-a-Sail Type3.2 The Problem of Sculpted Representations of the Isis-with-a-Sail Type3.3 Other Representations of Isis, Goddess of the Seas4 The Names of Isis, Goddess of the Seas4.1 Isis Eὔπλοια4.2 Isis πελαγία4.3 Isis σώτειρα4.4 Isis Φαρία4.5 Isis κυβερνῆτις and ὁρμίστρια5 A Cult for Isis, Goddess of the Seas5.1 The Cult Sites of Marine Isis5.2 Ritual Practices5.3 Festivals in Honor of Isis, Goddess of the Seas6 Sarapis and the Sea6.1 Sarapis: Fulfilling the Need for a God6.2 A New Field of Action for Sarapis6.3 Isis and Sarapis, Figureheads and Names of Ships7 Disappearance and Renaissance of Marine Isis and SarapisConclusionGeneral BibliographyGeneral Index