Research Article

Two Galatian Cults in Dacia

Volume: 14 May 15, 2017
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Two Galatian Cults in Dacia

Abstract

An unpublished inscription from Ancyra or its territory contains a dedication to Zeus Erusenos.  This deity is also attested on two Latin inscriptions found in Roman Dacia (Roumania), and the cult, like several other local cults from Galatia or eastern Bithynia, was exported from Asia Minor to the new province of Dacia after it was conquered and annexed by the emperor Trajan. A Greek dedication to Zeus Sittakomikos recorded in Dacia should be emended to Zeus Heptakomikos, and identified with the cult of Zeus of the Seven Villages (Zeus Heptakomeitôn), who was worshipped on the imperial estate called the Chôra Considiana in western Galatia. Many of the Galatian migrants may have been involved in mining and quarry work.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Stephen Mitchell
United Kingdom

Publication Date

May 15, 2017

Submission Date

June 2, 2016

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Year 2017 Volume: 14

APA
Mitchell, S. (2017). Two Galatian Cults in Dacia. Gephyra, 14, 15-21. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446
AMA
1.Mitchell S. Two Galatian Cults in Dacia. GEPHYRA. 2017;14:15-21. doi:10.37095/gephyra.318446
Chicago
Mitchell, Stephen. 2017. “Two Galatian Cults in Dacia”. Gephyra 14 (May): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446.
EndNote
Mitchell S (May 1, 2017) Two Galatian Cults in Dacia. Gephyra 14 15–21.
IEEE
[1]S. Mitchell, “Two Galatian Cults in Dacia”, GEPHYRA, vol. 14, pp. 15–21, May 2017, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.318446.
ISNAD
Mitchell, Stephen. “Two Galatian Cults in Dacia”. Gephyra 14 (May 1, 2017): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.318446.
JAMA
1.Mitchell S. Two Galatian Cults in Dacia. GEPHYRA. 2017;14:15–21.
MLA
Mitchell, Stephen. “Two Galatian Cults in Dacia”. Gephyra, vol. 14, May 2017, pp. 15-21, doi:10.37095/gephyra.318446.
Vancouver
1.Stephen Mitchell. Two Galatian Cults in Dacia. GEPHYRA. 2017 May 1;14:15-21. doi:10.37095/gephyra.318446

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