Religion and Politics under the Ptolemies (300 BCE-215 BCE)
The article examines the relation that is developed between the policy and the religion in Hellenistic Egypt during the period of the first four Ptolemies. It presents two levels of promotion of the practice of deification of the king: on the one hand the recognition of divine nature from the descen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2010
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| In: |
Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 27-29 |
| Further subjects: | B
Deification
B Ptolemies |
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| Summary: | The article examines the relation that is developed between the policy and the religion in Hellenistic Egypt during the period of the first four Ptolemies. It presents two levels of promotion of the practice of deification of the king: on the one hand the recognition of divine nature from the descendants of each king when he or she dies and on the other the recognition of divine nature from their subjects and the various civic communities during their life. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v39i2.006 |