A Suppliant at Gerasa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5113912 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kent J Rigsby (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 99 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1089092 |
| OpenAlex | W129019676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS OLYMPIUS AT GERASA has yielded several inscribed dedications, which identify for us the god of the place.' Three texts derive from one man, Theon, who was a suppliant in the temple in A.D. 69/70. The few scholars who have tried to reconstruct his story are greatly at variance. R. O. Fink thought that he was a Gerasene who dedicated his children to the god as slaves in some oriental manner.2 Welles (1938: 377), who knew from another inscription (I. Gerasa no. 30) that Gerasa had the civic title sacred and inviolable, thought that Theon had availed himself of a Greek privilege and taken refuge in Gerasa from some other city. Theon's case is worth exploring, as this is one of the rare episodes of temple-refuge in the documentary record. We have two stones, which contain between them three texts inscribed by three hands.3 I. Gerasa no. 5
Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |