The cults of Gods and Heroes in Upper Macedonia during the antiquity (Elimeia, Eordaia, Orestia, Lyncestis)

Abstract

This study presents and analyses the cults of the gods and heroes in Upper macedonia during the antiquity except fot he imperial cults which constitutes a particular religious phenomenon of the toman world. To intent this purpose, the till today known attestations from the region of Western Macedonia and the southern part of F.Y.R.O.M were used and utilized. In this geographical space best known as Upper Macedonia by the ancient texts, Olympian Gods, deities of foreign origin, ancestral heroes and personifications were worshipped. This study was based on a catalogue of attestations per deities, in which the Olympian Gods come first and other gods and heroes grollow them : Ennodia, Hecate, Passikrata, Pluton, Hestia, Asclepius, Hercules, Pan, the Nymphes, a flurial god, Gods Epikooi, Alexander the Great, the Hero-horse man, personification and deities of anatolian origin. Then, temples and staines are examined. The attestations are classified by smaller regions within the territory of U ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/21322
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/21322
ND
21322
Alternative title
Οι λατρείες των Θεών και των Ηρώων στην Ανω Μακεδονία κατά την αρχαιότητα (Ελίμεια, Εορδαία, Ορεστιάδα, Λυγκηστίδα)
Author
Χατζηνικολάου, Καλλιόπη (Πατρώνυμο: Γεώργιος)
Date
2007
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Βουτυράς Εμμανουήλ
Ακαμάτης Ιωάννης
Πινγιάτογλου Σεμέλη
Στεφανίδου-Τιβερίου Θεοδοσία
Σαατσόγλου-Παλιαδέλη Χρυσάνθη
Δρούγου Στυλιανή
Νίγδελης Παντελεήμων
Discipline
Humanities and the Arts
History and Archaeology
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
681 σ., im.
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