Invocatio and Imprecatio : the Hymn to the Greatest Kouros from Palaikastro and the oath in ancient Crete
1995; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 115; Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/631654
ISSN2041-4099
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Near East History
ResumoThe hymn to the Greatest Kouros from Palaikastro, Crete, has occasioned considerable debate among students of choral lyric and ancient Greek religion since its discovery in 1904. The god invoked as the greatest kouros has been identified with Zeus Diktaios in whose sanctuary at Palaikastro the hymn was discovered. The hymn as we have it is a second or third century AD copy of a late fourth or third century BC composition. As is so often the case in Cretan studies, Minoan antecedents for the cult of Zeus Diktaios at Palaikastro and for the hymn have been suggested and explored.
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