This paper questions the widespread view associating the Apollo’s epi- thet ἀρχηγέτης/ἀρχηγός with the Seleucid city foundations in the Greek East. Special attention is paid to the epigraphic and numismatic evidence coming from the poleis of Apameia in Syria and Hierapolis of Phrygia, where Apollo was honoured as divine ἀρχηγέτης in imperial times. A reassessment of the available sources does not substanti- ate the claim that the mention of Apollo Ἀρχηγέτης in the inscriptions from Apameia, Hierapolis and other cities of the Greek East automatically points to cults going back to the Seleucid period.

Di Apollo e di alcune fondazioni seleucidi / Biagetti, Claudio. - In: ERGA / LOGOI. - ISSN 2282-3212. - ELETTRONICO. - 10 2022:2(2022), pp. 183-212. [10.7358/erga-2022-001-cbia]

Di Apollo e di alcune fondazioni seleucidi

Biagetti, Claudio
2022-01-01

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This paper questions the widespread view associating the Apollo’s epi- thet ἀρχηγέτης/ἀρχηγός with the Seleucid city foundations in the Greek East. Special attention is paid to the epigraphic and numismatic evidence coming from the poleis of Apameia in Syria and Hierapolis of Phrygia, where Apollo was honoured as divine ἀρχηγέτης in imperial times. A reassessment of the available sources does not substanti- ate the claim that the mention of Apollo Ἀρχηγέτης in the inscriptions from Apameia, Hierapolis and other cities of the Greek East automatically points to cults going back to the Seleucid period.
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Biagetti, Claudio
Di Apollo e di alcune fondazioni seleucidi / Biagetti, Claudio. - In: ERGA / LOGOI. - ISSN 2282-3212. - ELETTRONICO. - 10 2022:2(2022), pp. 183-212. [10.7358/erga-2022-001-cbia]
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