Divine honors for mortal men in Greek cities : the early cases / Christian Habicht ; translated by John Noel Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Habicht, Christian, author.

Standardized Title:

Gottmenschentum und griechische Städte. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life.

History.

City and town life.

Cults.

Kings and rulers.

Greece--Kings and rulers--History--To 1500.

Greece.

Cults--Greece--History--To 1500.

Cities and towns, Ancient--Greece.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

City and town life--Greece--History--To 1500.

Community life--Greece--History--To 1500.

Greece--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Greece--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Inscriptions, Greek.

Greece--History--To 146 B.C.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : Michigan Classical Press, [2017]

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Individual Cults 1

The Earliest Cults 1

1 The Cult of Lysander on Samos 1

2 Cults for Lysander in Ionian Cities? 3

3 A Cult for Alcibiades in Athens? 4

4 The Cult of Dion in Syracuse 5

The Cults of the Macedonian Kings 7

5 The Cult of Amyntas III in Pydna 7

6 The Cult of Philip II in Amphipolis 7

7 A Cult of Philip II in Athens? 9

8 The Cults of Philip II in Eresus and Ephesus 9

9 A Cult for Philip as Founder in Philippi? 10

10 The Cults of Alexander in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor 11

11 The Cult of Alexander in Rhodes 18

12 Alexander's Cults on the Greek Mainland 20

13 The Cult of Alexander as Founder in Alexandria 26

The Cults of Cassander and Lysimachus 26

14 The Cult of Cassander as Founder in Cassandreia 26

15 The Cult of Lysimachus in Priene 27

16 The Cult of Lysimachus in Samothrace 28

17 The Cult of Lysimachus in Cassandreia 29

18 The Cult of Lysimachus as Founder in Ephesus 29

The Cults of the Antigonids 30

19 The Cult of Antigonus I in Scepsis 30

20 The Cults of the Antigonids in Athens 31

21 Cults for Partisans of the Antigonids in Athens 39

22 The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands 42

23 A Cult of the Antigonids in Rhodes? 53

24 The Cult of Demetrius in Sicyon 53

25 The Cult of Demetrius as Founder in Demetrias 55

26 The Cult of Demetrius on Euboea 55

27 A Cult of the Corinthian League for the First Antigonids? 57

28 Cults of Antigonus Gonatas in the Greek Cities? 57

The Cults of the Seleucids 59

29 The Cult of Seleucus I in Ilium 59

30 The Cult of Antiochus I in Ilium 60

31 The Cult of Seleucus I in Erythrae 61

32 The Cult of Seleucus I in Colophon 63

33 The Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus I in Priene 64

34 The Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus I in Lemnos 64

35 The Cult of Seleucus I in Magnesia on the Maeander 66

36 The Cult of the Ionian League for Antiochus I 66

37 The Cult of Antiochus I in Erythrae 67

38 Cults of the Seleucids in Smyrna 72

39 The Cult of Antiochus I in Teos 74

40 The Cult of Antiochus I in Bargylia 75

41 The Cult of Antiochus II in Miletus 75

42 Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids 77

The Cults of the Ptolemies 79

43 The Cults of Ptolemy I and the Third Royal Couple on Rhodes 79

44 The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands 80

45 The Cult of Ptolemy I in Miletus 83

46 The Cult of Ptolemy II in Byzantium 84

47 The Cult of the Third Royal Couple in Itanus 89

48 The Cult of Ptolemy III in Aenus 89

49 The Founder's Cult of Ptolemy I in Ptolemais 90

The Cults of the Attalids 90

50 The Cult of Philetaerus I in Cyzicus 90

51 The Cult of Eumenes I in Pergamum 91

52 The Cult of Eumenes in Cos 91

53 The Cult of a Nicomedes in Cos 92

Part 2 Civic Cult 93

Introduction: The Sources 93

1 Specific Cult Forms 99

(a) Sacrifices 99

(b) Temple, Altar, and Cult Statue 100

2 The Creation of Cults 115

(a) The Motives for Cults 115

(b) Specific Occasions for Founding Cults 119

(c) The Nature of the Act of Establishing a Cult 123

(d) Excursus: Agesilaus and the Thasians 130

3 Characteristics of the Cults 134

(a) Duration and Abolition of Cults 134

(b) The Local Character of the Cults 139

(c) Relationship to the Cult of the Gods 141

(d) Relationship to the Cult of Heroes 145

(e) Cultic and Profane Honors 150

(f) Contemporary Polemic against Cults 155

4 The Meaning of the Cults 161

(a) Modern Scholarly Assessments of the Cults 161

(b) The Specific Meaning of the Cults 167

(c) Cult as a Historical Phenomenon 171

Addendum 177

Supplements to Part I 179

No. 1: The Cult of Lysander on Samos 179

No. 4: The Cult of Dion in Syracuse 180

No. 5: A Cult of Amyntas 111 in Pydna 180

No. 6: A Cult of Philip II in Amphipolis 181

No. 6a: A Cult of Philip II in Thasos 181

No. 6b: A Cult of a King Philip in Maroneia 181

No. 6c: A Cult of a King Philip in a City of the Chalcidike 181

No. 6d: A Cult of a King Philip in Berge (?) 181

No. 6e: A Cult of a King Philip in Amphipolis 182

No. 8: The Cults of Philip II in Eresus and Ephesus 182

No. 9: A Cult of Philip II in Philippi? 182

No. 9a: A Cult of Philip II in Philippopolis 183

No. 10: The Cults of Alexander in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor 183

No. 11a: A Cult of Alexander the Great (and a Ptolemy) in Cos 183

No. 12: Alexander's Cults on the Greek Mainland 183

No. 12a: The Cult of Alexander in Thasos 187

No. 12b: A Cult of the Hero Hephaestion 188

No. 13: The Cult of Alexander as Founder in Alexandria 189

No. 13a: The Cult of Philip III and Alexander IV in Samos 189

No. 14: A Cult of the Founder at Cassandreia 190

No. 14a: The Cult of Eurydice in Cassandreia 190

No. 17: A Cult of Lysimachus in Cassandreia 191

No. 20: The Cults of the Antigonids in Athens 191

No. 21: Cults for Partisans of the Antigonids in Athens 192

No. 22a: The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands 192

No. 22b: A Cult of Queen Phila in Samos 192

No. 22d: The Cults of the Antigonids on the Aegean Islands 193

No. 23: A Cult of the Antigonids in Rhodes? 193

No. 24: The Cult of Demetrius in Sicyon 193

No. 25: The Cult of Demetrius Poliorcetes in Demetrias 194

No. 26: The Cult of Demetrius on Euboea 194

No. 28c: Cults of Antigonus Gonatas in Greek Cities? -Histiaea 194

No. 28d: A Cult of Antigonus Gonatas in Chalkis? 194

No. 28e: A Cult of Antigonus Gonatas in Athens 194

No. 30: The Cult of Antiochus I in Ilium 195

No. 34a: A Cult of Seleucus I and Antiochus (I) in Aegae 195

No. 36a: A Cult of Antiochus I in Cyme 195

No. 42d: Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids 196

No. 42f: Founders' Cults of the First Seleucids 196

No. 42g: Cults of the Seleucids as Founders-Hierapolis 196

No. 43: The Cults of Ptolemy I and the Third Royal Couple on Rhodes 196

No. 44: The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands 197

No. 44a: The Cults of the First Ptolemies on the Aegean Islands 197

No. 44b: Naxos 198

No. 44d: Lesbos 198

No. 46b: A Cult of King Magas in Cyrene 198

No. 47b: A Cult of the Theoi Euergetai in Samos 199

No. 49: The Founder's Cult of Ptolemy I in Ptolemais 199

No. 50b: The Cult of Philetaerus in Cyme, Aeolis 199

No. 52: A Cult of a Eumenes in Cos 200

No. 54: The Cult of Hieron II in Syracuse 200

Supplements to Part 2 203.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.

ISBN:

9780979971396

097997139X

OCLC:

978351817

Publisher Number:

99974355492