More Than Men, Less Than Gods
Subtitle: Studies on Royal Cult and Imperial Worship. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Organized by the Belgian School at Athens
Publisher: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
Published: 2011
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 753
ISBN-13: 9789042924703
Subjects: Cults, greece; Greece, antiquities
Description: "More than men, less than gods" is conceived as a demonstration project, with the goal of opening new perspectives in the study of Graeco-Roman ruler worship. A principal emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to the subject. The present volume points to some possible forerunners to Hellenistic royal cult and emperor worship, or at least to the concept of the divine king, to supplement the well-studied roots of ruler worship in the cultic life of the Greek polis and in pharaonic Egypt. "More than men ..." aspires to contribute to the debate relative to divine kingship, royal cult and emperor worship by opening new perspectives or reopening old ones. The focus is in eliciting some audacious and innovative approaches to such a complex phenomenon.