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Lampon

(420 words)

Author(s): Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne) | Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) | Ameling, Walter (Jena) | Eck, Werner (Cologne)
(Λάμπων; Lámpōn). [German version] [1] Son of Pytheas of Aegina, 5th cent. BC Son of Pytheas of Aegina; after the victory at Plataeae (479 BC), he suggested to Pausanias that the body of Mardonius be defiled just like the latter had dishonoured the body of Leonidas [1] at Thermopylae (Hdt. 9,78f.). Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Cologne) [German version] [2] Seer, co-founders of Thurii L. the Seer. He participated in the founding of Thurii (Diod. Sic. 12,10,3; schol. Aristoph. Nub. 332; Phot. s.v. Θουριομάντις; Plut. Mor. 812d). By interpreting an omen (σημείον /sēmeíon: one-horned ram) in…

Phanes

(600 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) | Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg)
(Φάνης; Phánēs). [German version] [1] Primordial god of the Orphic cosmogony In Greek, 'the one who illuminates, enlightens, appears; the one who is (makes something) obvious' (OF frr. 56; 61; 109); the light-like (Nonnus, Dion. 9,141) and golden-winged (OF frr. 54; 78; 87,2) primordial god of the Orphic cosmogony (OF fr. 78; 86; World, creation of the). This cosmogony, recorded by a certain Hieronymus and Hellanicus (OF fr. 54), must be distinguished from that in the Hieroì Lógoi, an Orphic poem in 14 rhapsodies (OF testimonia 174; 196). P. was not the original name of …

Ops

(438 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
(Ὤψ/ Ṓps). [German version] [1] Father of Melas Father of Melas [3] (Paus. 8,28,5). One of the Dryopes, who originally lived in the region of Parnassus and were driven out by Hercules [1]. O. is only depicted on four Attic red-figured vases (500-480 BC). Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) Bibliography D. Williams, s.v. O., LIMC 6.1, 58f. [German version] [2] Son of Peisenor Son of Peisenor, father of Euryclea (Hom. Od. 1,429; 2,347; 20,148; Hesych. s.v. Ὠπός). Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) [German version] [3] Personification of the harvest and plenty Latin 'support', 'help', …

Numiternus

(144 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] A god equated with Mars who was worshipped in Volscian Atina[1] (CIL X 5046 = ILS 3149: Marti sive Numiterno,‘ to Mars or Numiternus’). There is a tradition of another god, Numentinus, for Atina (Tert. Ad nat. 2,8, in a possibly corrupt tradition) [3]. Older scholars considered both of them to be gods worshipped by a particular gens [2], but nowadays this supposition is rejected [3], as is the idea that N. is a ‘version of an older epithet, Numisius, which has gained an independent identity’ [1] (cf. CIL VI 476, 30986, [2; 4]); even if …

Formido

(106 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] [1] Personification of fear A  personification of fear/horror that was etymologically equated with the bogey-man Μορμώ ( Mormṓ), which then became a demon in its own right (Verg. Aen. 12, 335; Hygin. Fab. praef. 29; Claud. De consulatu Stilichonis 376; In Rufinum 1, 343-344). F. is the daughter of Mars (or his companion) and Venus, and the sister of  Harmonia. cf. Deimos and  Phobos as her precursors in Hes. Theog. 934-935. Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) [German version] [2] Personification of madness Analogue to οἶστρος (  oîstros ), the…

Latona

(206 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] (or Lato; ‘woman (?)’). Latin rendition of the Doric form of the name of Leto (Etruscan letun, Lycian lada), with uncertain etymology, goddess of the night (?) of Asia Minor. Daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, mother of Apollo and Diana (Varro, Ling. 7,16). L. with her children was promised a temple in 433 BC and in Rome it was built in 431 BC (CIL I2 p. 252), the triad itself is Greek. A lectisternium (‘feast for the gods’), prescribed in 399 BC by the Sibylline Books (Liv. 5,13,6), was held jointly for L. and Apollo (for the last time i…

Pietas

(381 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] Latin 'dutiful behaviour' towards the gods (Cic. Nat. D. 1,116); other people, especially one's family and parents (Cic. Inv. 2,66; Ter. An. 869; [1. 105-114]); one's mother country (Cic. Rep. 6,16; Liv. 39,9,10); and later the emperor. Pietas was translated into Greek as eusébeia [2]. Pietas is frequently linked to other virtues: e.g. clementia ('mercy'), concordia ('harmony'), constantia ('constancy'), fides ('fidelity'), virtus ('courage'). The personification of P ietas as a goddess in the personal or public realm (Plaut. Rud. 190-192; Plaut…

Matusia

(49 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] Apellation (possibly from mātu-; * mā-, ‘good’: [1. 206]) of Minerva in Sentinum (Ancona) in Umbria (CIL XI 5740), who because of the ending -usia has been regarded as a family goddess [2], which is questionable [1. 16f.]. Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) Bibliography 1 Radke 2 Schulze, 200.

Laocoon

(725 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
(Λαοκόων; Laokóōn, Latin Laocoon). [German version] [1] Trojan Trojan, son of Capys [1]/Antenor, brother to Anchises, priest of Apollo Thymbraeus (Euphorion, CollAlex 43 fr. 70 = Serv. Aen. 2,201) or Poseidon (schol. Lycoph. 347; Tzetz. Posth. 713-714). Father of Ethron and Melanthus (Serv. Aen. 2,211) or Antiphas and Thymbraeus (Hyg. Fab. 135) and husband of Antiope (Serv. Aen. 2,201). The earliest reference to L. is in Arctinus of Miletus (EpGF 62,11). Following the apparent withdrawal of the Greek…

Genius

(963 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] A. Roman Development Genius is etymologically interpreted as the tutelary deity external to a man (ἀγαθὸς δαίμων, agathòs daímōn) or alternatively his internal power of procreation and in other life events. Academic research [2. 23; 5. 11] has resulted in a synthesis, as no prototype can be assumed for the cult of the genius; the genius is seen as a deified personality/concept located in the forehead, as manifest in an individual's innate qualities: the procreational force within each man, the power embracing his personality. The genius is divine and responsible…

Kriobolion

(143 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] [1] Sacrifice of a ram (κριοβόλιον; kriobólion, Lat. criobolium; IG XIV 269 no. 1018,4 and 10, 4th cent. AD). Sacrifice of a ram, principally carried out in the Attis-Cybele-cult [1; 2] - not in March [3] -, on the evidence of Latin inscriptions (2nd-3rd cents.) [4; 5] together with the taurobolium (bull sacrifice). Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) Bibliography 1 Ph. Borgeaud, Taurobolion, in: F. Graf (ed.), Ansichten griech. Rituale, 1998, 183-185 2 W. Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults, 1987, 93 3 Nilsson, GGR 2, 651 4 M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidis…

Furiae

(381 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] Ancient authors connect the F. etymologically with furere (‘to rave’, ‘to rage’), furia (‘fury’, ‘anger’) and thereby equate them, as do Cicero (Nat. D. 3,46) and later authors, with the Eumenides/ Erinys, but also, following the example set by Virgil (Aen. 3,252) and others, with the  Harpyies. Less importantly, the F. are regarded as the Latin translation of   maníai , which refers to the epiclesis of the Erinys (Paus. 8,34,1). The identification of the F. with the old Italic goddess  Furrina is contested. Dirae (‘the…

Thyestes

(584 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[German version] (Θυέστης/ Thyéstēs; etymologically derived from thýein, 'to sacrifice', thyeía, 'mortar' or to thýos, 'incense'). Son of Pelops [1], brother of Atreus, father of Pelopeia [2] and of Aegisthus whom he had fathered with her. In a Peloponnesian myth, T. and Atreus kill their stepbrother Chrysippus [1] (incited by their mother Hippodamia [1], Hellanicus FGrH 4 F 157; Hyg. Fab. 85). Persecuted by Pelops, the two end up in Mycenae (Str. 8,6,19; Apoll. Epit. 2,10). In the fight for the crown there, …

Kriobolion

(127 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[English version] [1] Widderopfer (κριοβόλιον, lat. criobolium; IG XIV 269 Nr. 1018,4 und 10, 4. Jh.n.Chr.). Widderopfer, das vornehmlich im Attis-Kybele-Kult [1; 2] - nicht im März [3] -, nach Ausweis der lat. Inschr. (2.-3. Jh.) [4; 5] in Kombination mit dem taurobolium (Stieropfer) ausgeführt wurde. Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) Bibliography 1 Ph. Borgeaud, Taurobolion, in: F. Graf (Hrsg.), Ansichten griech. Rituale, 1998, 183-185 2 W. Burkert, Ant. Mysterien, 31994, 93 3 Nilsson, GGR 2, 651 4 M.J. Vermaseren, Corpus Cultus Cybelae Attidisque (CCCA), 1996, 19…

Phanes

(548 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) | Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg)
(Φάνης). [English version] [1] Urgott der orphischen Kosmogonie Griech. “der Leuchtende, Erhellende, Erscheinende”; “derjenige, welcher (es) offenbar ist (macht)” (OF fr. 56; 61; 109). Lichthafter (Nonn. Dion. 9,141), goldgeflügelter (OF fr. 54; 78; 87,2) Urgott der orphischen Kosmogonie (OF fr. 78; 86; Weltschöpfung). Diese Kosmogonie, von einem Hieronymos und Hellanikos aufgezeichnet (OF fr. 54), ist zu scheiden von derjenigen in den Hieroí Lógoi, einem orph. Gedicht in 14 Rhapsodien (OF Testimonia 174; 196). Ph. ist nicht urspr. sein Name, wie das ältes…

Lampon

(392 words)

Author(s): Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Köln) | Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) | Ameling, Walter (Jena) | Eck, Werner (Köln)
(Λάμπων). [English version] [1] Sohn des Pytheas aus Aigina, 5. Jh. v. Chr. Sohn des Pytheas aus Aigina, schlug nach dem Sieg bei Plataiai (479 v.Chr.) dem Pausanias vor, den Leichnam des Mardonios so zu schänden, wie dieser bei den Thermopylen den toten Leonidas [1] entehrt hatte (Hdt. 9,78f.). Stein-Hölkeskamp, Elke (Köln) [English version] [2] Seher, Mitbegründer von Thurioi L. der Seher. An der Gründung von Thurioi beteiligt (Diod. 12,10,3; schol. Aristoph. Nub. 332; Phot. s.v. Θουριομάντις; Plut. mor. 812d). Durch Deutung eines Vorzeichens ( sēmeíon: einhörniger Widder) 444…

Numiternus

(128 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[English version] Ein im volskischen Atina [1] verehrter, dem Mars gleichgesetzter Gott (CIL X 5046 = ILS 3149: Marti sive Numiterno, “dem Mars oder dem N.”). Für den Ort wird ein weiterer Gott Numentinus überl. (Tert. nat. 2,8, in möglicherweise korrupter Überl.) [3]. Beide galten der älteren Forsch. als Gentilgötter [2], was heutzutage ebenso abgelehnt wird [3] wie die Vorstellung, daß N. die ‘Verselbständigung eines älteren Beinamens Numisius’ [1] sei (vgl. CIL VI 476, 30986, [2; 4]); auch wenn N., Numentinus, N…

Pietas

(330 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[English version] Lat. “pflichtgemäßes Verhalten” gegenüber: den Göttern (Cic. nat. deor. 1,116); Menschen, bes. der Familie und den Eltern (Cic. inv. 2,66; Ter. Andr. 869; [1. 105-114]); dem Vaterland (Cic. rep. 6,16; Liv. 39,9,10); sowie, später, dem Kaiser. P. wurde mit griech. eusébeia übersetzt [2]. P. ist häufig mit anderen Tugenden verbunden: z.B. clementia (“Gnade”), concordia (“Eintracht”), constantia (“Beständigkeit”), fides (“Treue”), virtus (“Tapferkeit”). Der Personifikation der P. als einer weiblichen Gottheit im privaten wie öffentlichen Ber…

Matusia

(41 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
[English version] Beiname (möglicherweise aus  mātu-; * mā-, “gut”: [1. 206]) der Minerva in Sentinum (Ancona) in Umbrien (CIL XI 5740), die aufgrund des Namensausganges -usia als Gentilgöttin angesehen wurde [2], was fraglich ist [1. 16f.]. Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching) Bibliography 1 Radke 2 Schulze, 200.

Laokoon

(646 words)

Author(s): Maharam, Wolfram-Aslan (Gilching)
(Λαοκόων, lat. Laocoon). [English version] [1] Troianer Troianer, Sohn des Kapys/Antenor, Bruder des Anchises, Priester des Apollon Thymbraios (Euphorion, CollAlex 43 fr. 70 = Serv. Aen. 2,201) oder Poseidons (schol. Lykophr. 347; Tzetz. posth. 713-714). Vater des Ethron und Melanthus (Serv. Aen. 2,211) oder Antiphas und Thymbraeus (Hyg. fab. 135) und Mann der Antiope (Serv. Aen. 2,201). Die früheste Erwähnung des L. findet sich bei Arktinos von Milet (EpGF 62,11). Die Troer beraten nach dem Scheinabzu…
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