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Divine honors for mortal men in Greek cities : the early cases
Uniform Title
Gottmenschentum und griechische Städte. English
Title
Divine honors for mortal men in Greek cities : the early cases / Christian Habicht ; translated by John Noel Dillon.
ISBN
9780979971396
097997139X
Publication
Ann Arbor : Michigan Classical Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xvi, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
"First published in German as Gottmenschentum und griechische Städte; Zetemata, Heft 14, C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich, 1956; second German edition, 1970"--Title page verso.
Summary
"The Hellenistic period of Greek history was famously one of change, featuring intense political and military struggle, and subsequent cultural adjustment. One aspect of this cultural shift was the employment--or deployment--of ruler cult, in which communities voted or decided to offer honors and titles, and sometimes other benefits, to representatives of certain dynasties. Modeled on the earlier civic practice of creating a cult for important mythological or divine figures, the more modern ruler cult signified which figures were important to a city and its region, and represented the city's appreciation for favors or military services offered. Divine Honors for Mortal Men in Greek Cities : the Early Cases presents Christian Habicht's argument for the handling of these ruler cults in mainland Greece and the islands, relying upon contemporary evidence notably in the form of local inscriptions, down to 240 BC. The first part of the volume presents individual case studies, city by city, with detailed inscriptional and bibliographic evidence. The second part is a consideration of what that evidence shows us: how cult worked, who in the city was responsible for its establishment, how a cult might change as new political winds blew. Christian Habicht offers a consideration of cults according to the individual kings involved, grouped according to their dynastic families. The author takes as his viewpoint the person or city offering the cult, rather than the recipient as is more common in the scholarly literature"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 09, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Individual Cults
The Earliest Cults
1.The Cult of Lysander on Samos
2.Cults for Lysander in Ionian Cities?
3.A Cult for Alcibiadesin Athens?
4.The Cult of Dion in Syracuse
The Cults of the Macedonian Kings
5.The Cult of Amyntas III in Pydna
6.The Cult of Philip II in Amphipolis
7.A Cult of Philip II in Athens?
8.The Cults of Philip II in Eresus and Ephesus
9.A Cult for Philip as Founder in Philippi?
10.The Cults of Alexander in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor
11.The Cult of Alexander in Rhodes
12.Alexander's Cults on the Greek Mainland
13.The Cult of Alexander as Founder in Alexandria
The Cults of Cassander and Lysimachus
14.The Cult of Cassander as Founder in Cassandreia
15.The Cult of Lysimachus in Priene
16.The Cult of Lysimachus in Samothrace
17.The Cult of Lysimachus in Cassandreia
18.The Cult of Lysimachus as Founder in Ephesus
The Cults of the Antigonids
Note continued: 19.The Cult of Antigonus I in Scepsis
20.The Cults of the Antigonids in Athens
21.Cults for Partisans of the Antigonids in Athens
22.The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands
23.A Cult of the Antigonids in Rhodes?
24.The Cult of Demetrius in Sicyon
25.The Cult of Demetrius as Founder in Demetrias
26.The Cult of Demetrius on Euboea
27.A Cult of the Corinthian League for the First Antigonids?
28.Cults of Antigonus Gonatas in the Greek Cities?
The Cults of the Seleucids
29.The Cult of Seleucus I in Ilium
30.The Cult of Antiochus I in Ilium
31.The Cult of Seleucus I in Erythrae
32.The Cult of Seleucus I in Colophon
33.The Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus I in Priene
34.The Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus I in Lemnos
35.The Cult of Seleucus I in Magnesia on the Maeander
36.The Cult of the Ionian League for Antiochus I
37.The Cult of Antiochus I in Erythrae
Note continued: 38.Cults of the Seleucids in Smyrna
39.The Cult of Antiochus I in Teos
40.The Cult of Antiochus I in Bargylia
41.The Cult of Antiochus II in Miletus
42.Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids
The Cults of the Ptolemies
43.The Cults of Ptolemy I and the Third Royal Couple on Rhodes
44.The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands
45.The Cult of Ptolemy I in Miletus
46.The Cult of Ptolemy II in Byzantium
47.The Cult of the Third Royal Couple in Itanus
48.The Cult of Ptolemy III in Aenus
49.The Founder's Cult of Ptolemy I in Ptolemais
The Cults of the Attalids
50.The Cult of Philetaerus I in Cyzicus
51.The Cult of Eumenes I in Pergamum
52.The Cult of Eumenes in Cos
53.The Cult of a Nicomedes in Cos
pt. 2 Civic Cult
Introduction: The Sources
1.Specific Cult Forms
(a).Sacrifices
(b).Temple, Altar, and Cult Statue
2.The Creation of Cults
(a).The Motives for Cults
Note continued: (b).Specific Occasions for Founding Cults
(c).The Nature of the Act of Establishing a Cult
(d).Excursus: Agesilaus and the Thasians
3.Characteristics of the Cults
(a).Duration and Abolition of Cults
(b).The Local Character of the Cults
(c).Relationship to the Cult of the Gods
(d).Relationship to the Cult of Heroes
(e).Cultic and Profane Honors
(f).Contemporary Polemic against Cults
4.The Meaning of the Cults
(a).Modern Scholarly Assessments of the Cults
(b).The Specific Meaning of the Cults
(c).Cult as a Historical Phenomenon
Addendum
Supplements to Part 1
No. 1 The Cult of Lysander on Samos
No. 4 The Cult of Dion in Syracuse
No. 5 A Cult of Amyntas III in Pydna
No. 6 A Cult of Philip II in Amphipolis
No. 6a A Cult of Philip II in Thasos
No. 6b A Cult of a King Philip in Maroneia
No. 6c A Cult of a King Philip in a City of the Chalcidike
No. 6d A Cult of a King Philip in Berge (?)
Note continued: No. 6e A Cult of a King Philip in Amphipolis
No. 8 The Cults of Philip II in Eresus and Ephesus
No. 9 A Cult of Philip II in Philippi?
No. 9a A Cult of Philip II in Philippopolis
No. 10 The Cults of Alexander in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor
No. 11a A Cult of Alexander the Great (and a Ptolemy) in Cos
No. 12 Alexander's Cults on the Greek Mainland
No. 12a The Cult of Alexander in Thasos
No. 12b A Cult of the Hero Hephaestion
No. 13 The Cult of Alexander as Founder in Alexandria
No. 13a The Cult of Philip III and Alexander IV in Samos
No. 14 A Cult of the Founder at Cassandreia
No. 14a The Cult of Eurydice in Cassandreia
No. 17 A Cult of Lysimachus in Cassandreia
No. 20 The Cults of the Antigonids in Athens
No. 21 Cults for Partisans of the Antigonids in Athens
No. 22a The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands
No. 22b A Cult of Queen Phila in Samos
Note continued: No. 22d The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands
No. 23 A Cult of the Antigonids in Rhodes?
No. 24 The Cult of Demetrius in Sicyon
No. 25 The Cult of Demetrius Poliorcetes in Demetrias
No. 26 The Cult of Demetrius on Euboea
No. 28c Cults of Antigonus Gonatas in Greek Cities?
Histiaea
No. 28d A Cult of Antigonus Gonatas in Chalkis?
No. 28e A Cult of Antigonus Gonatas in Athens
No. 30 The Cult of Antiochus I in Ilium
No. 34a A Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus (i) in Aegae
No. 36a A Cult of Antiochus I in Cyme
No. 42d Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids
No. 42f Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids
No. 42g Cults of the Seleucids as Founders
Hierapolis
No. 43 The Cults of Ptolemy I and the Third Royal Couple on Rhodes
No. 44 The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands
No. 44a The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands
No. 44b Naxos
No. 44d Lesbos
Note continued: No. 46b A Cult of King Magas in Cyrene
No. 47b A Cult of the Theoi Euergetai in Samos
No. 49 The Founder's Cult of Ptolemy I in Ptolemais
No. 50b The Cult of Philetaerus in Cyme, Aeolis
No. 52 A Cult of a Eumenes in Cos
No. 54 The Cult of Hieron II in Syracuse
Supplements to Part 2
Bibliography
Supplemental Bibliography
Additional Bibliography Since the Second Edition
Indices
Index of Subjects
Index of Greek Words.
Subjects
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History.
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