Aretalogoi(68 words)
[German version]
(ἀρεταλόγοι; aretalógoi). Functionaries at sanctuaries who recount the great deeds (ἀρεταί; aretaí) of the local god to pilgrims, particularly in healing and Isis-cults [1; 2]. Used in Lat. to mean ‘boaster’. The historic form is connected to the Gospel [3].
Auffarth, Christoph (Tübingen)
Bibliography
1 Nilsson, GGR 2, 228 f.
2 H. S. Versnel, Ter unus, 1990, 191 f.
3 J. Z. Smith, Map is not Territory, 1978, 190-207.
E. Norden, Agnostos Theos, 1913, 143-277.
Cite this page
Auffarth, Christoph (Tübingen),
“Aretalogoi”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 25 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e133890>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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