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This volume is the English translation of the classic book dedicated by Ch. Habicht to the origins and historical significance of cultic honors for living human beings in the Greek world, from the late 5th century (the time of the bestowal of cultic honors upon Lysander at Samos) to the mid-3rd century BC. Originally published in 1956 as Habicht’s doctoral dissertation (Zetemata 14), the book, entitled Gottmenschentum und grieschische Städte, was re-edited in 1970 with two appendixes, respectively providing an updated list of relevant documents and a response to the methodological criticisms that the first edition had raised in the’50s and ’60s. This new edition is a translated reprint of the 1970 text. As in the previous editions, the content is organized into two parts: an analytical discussion of cults for individual political leaders through literary and epigraphic sources (Part 1) and a thematic discussion of the cults and their historical significance (Part 2). In addition to the text of the 1970 edition, the present book includes a short preface, an enlarged documentary appendix, and a very succinct bibliographical note (pp. 216-218) of the studies published after 1970, to which Habicht refers in his discussion in Supplement 2.
"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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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