cult hero

... res by becoming identical to the war god at the moment of death; then, after death, the warrior is eligible to become a cult hero who serves as a sacralized ‘attendant’ of the war go ... Continue reading

... ‘long for, desire’. The wording here, it can be argued, shows an indirect reference to the worship of Protesilaos as a cult hero. This micro-narrative tells how Protesilaos, who was ... Continue reading

... or, give honor to’, as at I.12.310), Homeric diction is thereby referring indirectly to the receiving of hero cult by a cult hero; such reception happens in the localized context of ... Continue reading

... or, give honor to’, as at I.12.310), Homeric diction is thereby referring indirectly to the receiving of hero cult by a cult hero; such reception happens in the localized context of ... Continue reading

analysis of the affinities of Hektor and Athena, as the guardian of the city (ritual antagonism of the two)The general hostility of the divinity Athena toward the Trojans in this n ... Continue reading

... ojan women ‘pray’ to him, as expressed by the verb eukhesthai. This turn of phrase may point to the status of Hector as cult hero beyond his epic existence. Continue reading

... idea that he is honored as a god in his community back home evokes the further idea of his being worshipped there as a cult hero.Agamemnon in his role as king here is described in a ... Continue reading

comment on the appropriateness of the language to a cult hero (on Aeneas’ receiving timē like a god)The description of the epic hero Aeneas here indicates that there were rituals honoring him as a cult he ... Continue reading

... y, the timē ‘honor’ that the two of us receive in Lycia, I.12.310 (τετιμήμεσθα), which is a sign of our status there as cult heroes, will be matched by the kleos ‘glory’ that the two ... Continue reading

... in the context of his dwelling in his native land of Lycia can be correlated with archaeological evidence showing that cult heroes received from their worshippers primarily the meat ... Continue reading

See anchor comment at I.05.077–078.See anchor comment at I.05.077–078.See anchor comment at I.05.077–078. ... Continue reading

... edon is replete with references to hero cult. Some of these references, as we will now see in detail, indicate that the cult hero is destined to be immortalized after death.The descr ... Continue reading

... t reference to the funeral and entombment of Achilles, refer to the funeral and entombment of Sarpedon in his role as a cult hero. Here I give an epitome of a far more detailed argum ... Continue reading

hero’s getting timē from the community, epic vs. cult hero, and Hektor’s statusSee anchor comment at I.05.077–078. See anchor comment at I.05.077–078. Continue reading

... o who has fallen. This noun pothē ‘longing’, like the verb potheîn ‘long for’, evokes the feelings of those who worship cult heroes: see the comment on I.02.695–709. The news of the ... Continue reading

... ’ is expressed by way of the verb potheîn ‘long for, desire’. The wording here evokes the feelings of those who worship cult heroes, as we see especially at I.02.703 and I.02.709: se ... Continue reading