The Cult of the Founder in the Epigraphic Documentation

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_2588
dc.title	The Cult of the Founder in the Epigraphic Documentation. Some Observations
dc.contributor.author	Boffa Giovanni
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2019/2/il-culto-del-fondatore-nella-documentazione-epigra/
dc.description.abstract	This paper focuses on the very scarce epigraphic evidence related to the cult of the ‘founders of colonies’, that means, more precisely, on the votive inscription of Mnasithales to Antiphamos, from Gela, and the inscribed dedications from the archegesion of Anios, in Delos. These highly interesting documents allow us to discuss about the roots of the heroic status of the founders and about the relationship between the cult of the founder and the votive inscriptions.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| Issue 2 \| December 2019
dc.issued	2019-12-23
dc.dateAccepted	2019-10-09
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-09-10
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2019/02/011
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Anios
dc.subject	Anios
dc.subject	Antiphamos
dc.subject	Antiphamos
dc.subject	Archegetai
dc.subject	Archegetai
dc.subject	Battos
dc.subject	Battos
dc.subject	Founders
dc.subject	Founders
dc.subject	Oikistai
dc.subject	Oikistai

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Some Observations

Giovanni Boffa Università del Salento

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abstract

This paper focuses on the very scarce epigraphic evidence related to the cult of the ‘founders of colonies’, that means, more precisely, on the votive inscription of Mnasithales to Antiphamos, from Gela, and the inscribed dedications from the archegesion of Anios, in Delos. These highly interesting documents allow us to discuss about the roots of the heroic status of the founders and about the relationship between the cult of the founder and the votive inscriptions.

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Dec. 23, 2019

Accepted

Oct. 9, 2019

Submitted

Sept. 10, 2019

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Keywords: Archegetai • Battos • Oikistai • Founders • Antiphamos • Anios

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