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Kyrios
(1,013 words)
(Κύριος;
Kýrios, ‘lord’). I. Religion [German version] A. Pagan Addressing a deity felt to be powerful with ‘lord’ is widespread in Greek religious language. Since Homer, gods (especially Apollo and Zeus) can be addressed by the Mycenaean royal title
anax (Ἄναξ), ‘king, lord’ [1]. A number of powerful goddesses (Cybele, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter and Persephone, Hecate, Isis) are since archaic times invoked as
déspoina (Δέσποινα), ‘mistress’, and, somewhat more rarely, male gods as
despótes (Δεσπότης) [2; 3]. Even though the archaic word
anax is used only in epic and prayer …
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
