Philip II and Kynosarges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10288169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H S Versnel (OEGSTGEEST, Prinses Margrietlaan 9, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-279 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852573x00792 |
| OpenAlex | W2045559163 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The cultic honours of Philip II of Macedonia have for some time been the subject of learned discussion. However, one amongst the various testimonies has received little attention, viz. a remark of Clemens Alexandrinus1) : ??? ??? t?? ?a?ed??a t?? e? ?????? t?? ????t?? F???pp?? ?? ????s???e? ?????et???te? p??s???e??, t?? t?? ??e?? ?atea??ta ?a? t? s????? pep????????, d? ??e??p? t?? ?f?a????. Obviously this remark does not refer to the statue of the Macedonian king situated in front of the Odeion in Athens 2). The authenticity of Pausanias' statement on this statue has not been contested. The reference of Clemens, on the other hand, has reached only the foot-notes of the well-known works on ruler-cult, to be discarded as spurious in some of them. Taeger 3)?without argumentationconsiders the testimony unauthentic and thinks that like many similar reports it has been created as ein Paradest?ck wirkungsvoller Greuelpropaganda in der Schulrhetorik. Here it may be remarked that the cults to which Taeger's qualification refers, viz. Philip's cult in Amphipolis and Amyntas' cult in Pydna 4), are unquestionably authentic, as Habicht5) has demonstrated. Moreover, throughout his work Taeger is inclined to discard as many testimonies of ruler-cult before Alexander as possible. Other authorities arrive at different conclusions. Cerfaux-Tondriaue) ?) Clem. Alex. Protr. 4, 54 (p. 48 P). 2) Pausan. I 9, 4. 3) Charisma. Studien zur Geschichte des antiken Herrscherkultes (Stuttgart 1957)? I> x74 n. 18. 4) Arist. 38, 480; Schol. Demosth. Ol. 1, 5. 5) Chr. Habicht, Gottmenschentum und griechische St?dte2 (M?nchen 1970), 11-13. 6) L. Cerfaux et J. Tondriau, Le culte des souverains dans la civilisation gr?co-romaine (Paris-Tournai 1957), 124 n. 4
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Charisma · Cult · Humanities · Macedonian · Ruler · Statue · Subject (documents · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |