‘The People to the goddess Livia’: Attic Nemesis and the Roman imperial cult
In the first century AD a dedication to the deified Livia was placed on the fifth-century BC temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous. This paper examines the inscription against the background of the sanctuary’s earlier and later history, the development of the imperial cult in the east, and Nemesis’ receptio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2013]
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Kernos
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Pages: 205-238 |
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| Summary: | In the first century AD a dedication to the deified Livia was placed on the fifth-century BC temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous. This paper examines the inscription against the background of the sanctuary’s earlier and later history, the development of the imperial cult in the east, and Nemesis’ reception at Rome. It develops earlier suggestions that Rhamnous was deliberately chosen for honours to Livia because of the sanctuary’s association with the idea of vengeance against eastern enemies, and reassesses the evidence for linking the dedication with Claudius. It argues that the inscription implies an exceptionally close identification between empress and deity, and has a significant contribution to make to discussion of the imperial cult’s interaction with traditional Greek religion. Au Ier siècle de notre ère, une dédicace à Livie divinisée est placée dans le sanctuaire de Némésis à Rhamnonte (Ve siècle av. n.è.). Cet article étudie l’inscription sur l’arrière-plan de l’histoire du sanctuaire, du développement du culte impérial à l’est et de la réception de Némésis à Rome. Il développe des hypothèses antérieures concernant l’association du sanctuaire avec l’idée de vengeance contre des ennemis orientaux et révalue les témoignages qui associent la dédicace à Claude. L’inscription implique une identification remarquablement étroite entre une impératrice et une divinité, et elle constitue une contribution importante à la discussion sur l’interaction entre le culte impérial et la religion grecque traditionnelle. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/kernos.2214 |