Divine Honors for Mortal Men in Greek Cities: The Early Cases [Hardcover]

In the Hellenistic period of Greek history, communities often offered honors and titles to representatives of certain dynasties. Modeled on the earlier civic practice of creating a cult for important mythological or divine figures, the more modern ruler cult signified which figures were important to a city and its region, and represented the city's appreciation in return for favors or military services offered. Divine Honors for Mortal Men in Greek Cities: The Early Cases presents Christian Habicht's argument for the handling of these ruler cults in mainland Greece and the islands, relying upon contemporary testimony, down to 240 BCE. John Noel Dillon's faithful yet inviting translation of the 1970 German edition presents the author's updated case studies based on inscriptional discoveries since that time. Divine Honors also includes updated supplemental material encompassing additional bibliography, and detailed subject and source indices.Abbreviations Foreword Preface to the 2017 edition Part 1: Individual Cults The Earliest Cults1. The Cult of Lysander on Samos 2. Cults for Lysander in Ionian Cities? 3. A Cult for Alcibiades in Athens? 4. The Cult of Dion in Syracuse The Cults of the Macedonian Kings5. The Cult of Amyntas III in Pydna 6. The Cult of Philip II in Amphipolis 7. A Cult of Philip II in Athens? 8. The Cults of Philip II in Eresus and Ephesus 9. A Cult for Philip as Founder in Philippi? 10. The Cults of Alexander in the Greek Cities of Asia Minor 11. The Cult of Alexander in Rhodes 12. Alexander's Cults on the Greek Mainland 13. The Cult of Alexander as Founder in Alexandria The Cults of Cassander and Lysimachus14. The Cult of Cassander as Founder in Cassandreia 15. The Cult of Lysimachus in Priene 16. The Cult of Lysimachus in Samothrace 17. The Cult of Lysimachus in Cassandreia 18. The Cult of Lysimachus as Founder in Ephesus The Cults of the Antigonids19. The Cult of Antigonus I in Scepsis 20. ThelĂ3