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Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 5 | 2 | 2021
Research Article | Pronouncement for the Anaitians and the Metapians

Pronouncement for the Anaitians and the Metapians

Abstract
The ϝράτρα for the Anaitians and the Metapians falls under a definite group of archaic and classical Olympian documents, which hand us some of the oracles issued by Zeus; this time, the god orders those communities (otherwise unknown and not belonging to the political community of ‘the Eleans’) to bind themselves in a reciprocal φιλία under penalty of exclusion from his altar. The decidedly imposing dictate of Olympian Zeus, absolute ruler of this φιλία, undoubtedly contradicts the image of his sanctuary as a (politically) neutral place of arbitration of conflicts between the (autonomous) communities living around it.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 29, 2021 | Accepted: Oct. 11, 2021 | Published Dec. 10, 2021 | Language: it

Keywords Anaitians and MetapiansHiaromaoi (ἰαρομάοι)EleansPronouncement (ϝράτρα)Oath (ὄρκος)OlympiaFriendship (φιλία)Soothsayers (μάντεις)Oracle and altar of ZeusProxenoi


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