Seized by the Nymph?: Onesagoras the ‘dekatephoros’ in the Nymphaeum at Kafizin in Cyprus
While dedicatory practices have been a subject of frequent studies by historians of Greek religion, existing scholarship has paid little or no attention to an important dossier of inscriptions from Cyprus: on the conical hill of Kafizin is a cave-sanctuary where some 310 inscribed items of pottery h...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre
[2012]
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Kernos
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Pages: 9-26 |
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Summary: | While dedicatory practices have been a subject of frequent studies by historians of Greek religion, existing scholarship has paid little or no attention to an important dossier of inscriptions from Cyprus: on the conical hill of Kafizin is a cave-sanctuary where some 310 inscribed items of pottery have been excavated, the vast majority of which were inscribed with the name Onesagoras, son of Philounios, and were dedicated to a Nymph between 225 and 218 B.C. Onesagoras displayed such an intensity in his worship of the Nymph that he may be thought of as a nympholept or as being possessed by the Nymph. The dossier makes available important material for the study of religious practices at the sub-polis level. This article aims to bring this material to the attention of students and scholars of Greek religion and to raise questions concerning dedicatory practices. |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/kernos.2101 |