Celestina’s <i>veritas</i>: Fetishizing the Salve/<i>salve</i> of Healing Wine by John T. Cull

“…This article studies Celestina’s encomium of wine in Act 9 as a manifestation of the role she plays throughout the work as a pseudo-priestess, whether in its Christian aspect, when she presides over the «Eucharist» during the banquet scene, or in its Dionysian aspect, in which as a fundamental part of the cult of this pagan deity, wine played a key role. …”
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Des Grecs et des Italiens à Éphèse : les mutations d’une capitale de province (70 av. J.-C.-73 apr. J.-C.)  by François Kirbihler

“…By the end of the period, Roman order became accepted: it was based on the imperial cult and the construction of monuments in the capital of Asia. …”
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Le Sang du Christ : sang eucharistique ou sang relique ? by Marc Venard

“…There is an intriguing coincidence between the moment when the Latin Church abandoned the rite of receiving communion wine and the development of the cult of the "natural" precious Blood relic, of Christ on the cross. …”
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SHRINES OF THE DOMUS IN THE QUARTER OF ST. THEODORE IN PULA by Alka Starac

“…The domus was inhabited from the third quarter of the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD, with one major restoration after the fire in the beginning of the 2nd century AD. Architectonic cult indicators are a threshold mosaic with Dionysian motifs of kantharos and wine, niches in the walls and elements of marble architectural decoration of cult spaces, a capital and an architrave. …”
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Problems of translating two Nigerian novels into German = Problemas de tradução de dois romances nigerianos para o alemão by Tomi Adeaga

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Contributions to Anatolian History and Numismatics: 12. Mastaura at the Foot of Mesogis Reflections on the Patria traditions of a Little-Known Ancient Polis by Johannes Nollé

“…The city’s extremely fertile land yielded rich harvests of grain and wine. That is why Mastaura intensively worshipped both Demeter and Dionysos; a local mythical tradition asserts that young Dionysos was brought up at Mastaura by a nymph called Ma. …”
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