My Name is Your Name : Anthroponyms as Divine Attributes in the Greco-Roman World

by: Gasparini, V. Ezquerra, J.A. Bonnet, C.

My Name is Your Name
Anthroponyms as Divine Attributes in the Greco-Roman World
Edited by: Valentino Gasparini , Jaime Alvar Ezquerra and Corinne Bonnet

About this book
Divine epithets serve a variety of purposes, with the most frequent being those related to the locations and functions of the gods. Epithets derived from individual names, however, have received less attention. While few studies have focused on the Greek world, research on the Latin-speaking Mediterranean is still sporadic. Such “anthropophoric” onomastic attributes have often been interpreted as related to the name of a cult founder. Yet, such a practice rather suggests various forms of relationships between the god and the individual (or group) whose name shapes the epithet. These dynamics of “individualisation” of a deity require further exploration. This collective book provides, for the first time, a detailed catalog of 398 Greek and Latin occurrences from the broad circum-Mediterranean area (including Greece, Anatolia, the Levant, North Africa, the Iberian peninsula, Central Europe, Italy, and Rome), related to 45 divinities and 191 different epithets. Multiple case studies ranging from the 5th or 4th century BCE to the 4th century CE, examined through different chronological, geographical, and thematic perspectives, offer valuable insights into local and regional strategies of religious appropriation.

Table of contents
Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Foreword

Introduction

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra, Corinne Bonnet and Valentino Gasparini
1 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in Greece?

Francesco Camia
2 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in Asia Minor

Beatriz Pañeda Murcia
3 The “God of NN” in Anatolia

Jan-Mathieu Carbon and Angelos Chaniotis
4 The Unconquered God of Aumos. A Reassessment of “Private Gods” in Syria

Giuseppina Marano and Corinne Bonnet
5 Divine Anthropophoric Epicleses in the Hellenistic Period. Exploring the Entanglement Between Dedicatory and Honorific Practice

Stefano Caneva
6 Rulers? Names as Divine Onomastic Attributes in Roman Anatolian Inscriptions. From Hellenistic Names to Imperial Designations

Nicole Belayche
7 On the Typology of the Divine Epithets Derived from Roman Anthroponyms

Mika Kajava
8 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in Rome and Italy

Piergiuseppe Di Michele
9 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in Central Europe

Wolfgang Spickermann
10 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in the Iberian Peninsula

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra
11 Divine Epithets Derived from Anthroponyms in North Africa

Valentino Gasparini
Conclusions

Valentino Gasparini
Catalogue

Bibliography

Index Locorum Epigraphic Sources

Index Rerum

Maps

José Carlos López-Gómez
 

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