The Thracian hero on the Danube new interpretation of an inscription from Diana
The paper looks at some aspects of the Thracian Hero cult on the Danube frontier of Upper Moesia inspired by a reinterpretation of a Latin votive inscription from Diana, which, as the paper proposes, was dedicated to Deo Totovitioni. Based on epigraphic analogies, the paper puts forth the v...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
2013-01-01
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Series: | Balcanica |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2013/0350-76531344007G.pdf |
Summary: | The paper looks at some aspects of the Thracian Hero cult on the Danube
frontier of Upper Moesia inspired by a reinterpretation of a Latin votive
inscription from Diana, which, as the paper proposes, was dedicated to Deo
Totovitioni. Based on epigraphic analogies, the paper puts forth the view
that it was a dedication to the Thracian Hero, since it is in the context of
this particular cult that the epithet Totovitio has been attested in various
variants (Toto-viti- / Toto-bisi- / Toto-ithi-). |
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ISSN: | 0350-7653 |