Religion and Politics under the Ptolemies (300 BCE-215 BCE)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v39i2.006Keywords:
Ptolemies, DeificationAbstract
The article examines the relation that is developed between the policy and the religion in Hellenistic Egypt during the period of the first four Ptolemies. It presents two levels of promotion of the practice of deification of the king: on the one hand the recognition of divine nature from the descendants of each king when he or she dies and on the other the recognition of divine nature from their subjects and the various civic communities during their life.
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Pachis, Panagiotis 2003 ???? ??????????. ?????????. ??????????? ??? ??????????? ??? ???????????? ??????. ???????????: ??????.
Svoronos, ?oannis 2005 ?? ????????? ??? ??????? ??? ??????????. ?????: ?????????.
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Welles, C.Bradford 1962 “The Discovery of Sarapis and the Foundation of Alexandria”, Historia: Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte 11/3 (July), 271-98.
Chaniotis, Angelos 2005 “The Divinity of Hellenistic Rulers.” In Andrew Erskine (ed.), A Companion to the Hellenistic World, 431-46. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Gehrke, Hans-Joachim 2003 ??????? ??? ???????????? ??????. Trans. by ??????? ????????. ?????: ????.
Green, Peter 1990 Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Hölbl, Günther 2001 A History of the Ptolemaic Empire. Trans. by ?ina Saavedra. London: Routledge.
Johnson, C. Garth 1999a “The Divinization of the Ptolemies and the Gold Octadrachms Honoring Ptolemy III.” Phoenix 53, 1/2 (Spring-Summer), 50-56.
----- 2002b “ ‘Ogis‘ 98 and the Divinization of the Ptolemies,” Historia 51, 1, 112-116.
Lincoln, Bruce 1994 Authority: Construction and Corrosion. Chicago: University of Chicago press.
Martin, H. Luther 2003 “Kingship and the Hellenistic Consolidation of Religio-political Power” In Luther H. Martin and Panagiotis Pachis (eds.), Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Graeco-Roman Religions, 89-96. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press.
Mckenzie, S. Judith, Sheila Gibson, and A. T. Reyes 2004 “Reconstructing the Serapeum in Alexandria from the Archaeological Evidence.” Journal of Roman Studies 94, 73-121.
Mikalson, D. Jon 1998 Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Berkeley: University of California press.
Mikalson, D. Jon 2006 “Greek Religion: Continuity and Change in the Hellenistic Period” In Bugh, G.R. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World, 208-22. Cambridge: Cambridge University press.
Mørkholm, Otto 1991 Early Hellenistic Coinage from the Accession of Alexander to the peace of Apamea (336-186 BCE). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pachis, Panagiotis 2003 ???? ??????????. ?????????. ??????????? ??? ??????????? ??? ???????????? ??????. ???????????: ??????.
Svoronos, ?oannis 2005 ?? ????????? ??? ??????? ??? ??????????. ?????: ?????????.
Walbank, W. Frank 1993 ? ???????????? ??????. Trans. by T???? ????????. ???????????: ??????.
Welles, C.Bradford 1962 “The Discovery of Sarapis and the Foundation of Alexandria”, Historia: Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte 11/3 (July), 271-98.
Published
2010-05-11
Issue
Section
Greco-Roman Religions in Focus
How to Cite
Koutoupas, A. (2010). Religion and Politics under the Ptolemies (300 BCE-215 BCE). Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 39(2), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v39i2.006
