Athena in Anatolia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4082508
AutoresRobert Parker (0009-0002-6946-7496, New College, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume100
Fascículo100
Páginas73-90
Data de publicação2016-04-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPallas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.2825
OpenAlexW2460318177
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas20

This article investigates the penetration of the cult of Athena into Anatolia beyond the old-established Greek cities of the coastline. A major problem is how to treat numismatic evidence; whereas in inscriptions in many regions, Phrygia above all, Athena is almost unattested as a recipient of cult, she appears on the coinage of many cities. I argue for a differentiated approach which will allow coin depictions to be taken as evidence for cult only under specific conditions. If that restriction is accepted, the presence of Athena in Anatolia emerges as very uneven. Where she is most prominent, as Athena Oreia in Cilicia, her cult has assumed unusual characteristics which are perhaps to be explained by a substrate

Ancient history · Art · Cult · Literature · Operations research · Penetration (warfare · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Mathematics