An Aspect of the Emperor Cult: Imperial Mysteries

The French scholar P. Veyne has recently classified a number of phenomena, which clearly prove that the person of the Roman emperor occupied a predominant position in the minds of the average Roman and Greek. He shows that the imperial ideology both reflected certain sentiments current among the peo...

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Main Author: Pleket, H. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1965
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1965, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 331-347
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Summary:The French scholar P. Veyne has recently classified a number of phenomena, which clearly prove that the person of the Roman emperor occupied a predominant position in the minds of the average Roman and Greek. He shows that the imperial ideology both reflected certain sentiments current among the people, and contributed toward the shaping of those sentiments.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000002571