Les mises en scène de l'épiphanie du nouveau dieu de Stratonicée, Zeus Panamaros

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ID4082741
AuthorsJoy Rivault (corresponding author)
Year2018
Issue107
Pages95-115
Publication date2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePallas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.8921
OpenAlexW2955968489
LanguageFR
References cited35

In the Ist century B.C., the city of Stratonicea absorbs the sanctuary of Panamara and the former god Zeus Karios, which has not politic weight anymore, is replaced by Zeus Panamaros, a god more local and civic. The will to legitimize this new god, protector of the city, is expressed by staging a warlike epiphany called the “miracle” of Zeus Panamaros. This episode narrates how the god, with spectacular manifestations, defeated Labienus and his troops while they were trying to attack the sanctuary. A particular ceremony figured the rise of the god (anodos) and the procession symbolized then the god’s return in the sanctuary of Panamara after a stay in Stratonicea. The representations on the city’s coinage could illustrate this anabasis featuring the statue of Zeus carried by a horse: they could materialize the introduction of this new cult. The sanctuary of Panamara was thus a leverage to integrate and inaugurate a new religious identity and it shows a willingness to take ownership of a local culture through a spectacular setup of the power of Zeus Panamaros

Art · Humanities · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies

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