Images in opposition: Polarity, ambivalence and liminality in cult representation

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 274, 1997, Pages 898-911

  Green, Miranda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085811     Document Type: Article

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