Guilt and Atonement? : communal disasters and the creation of hero-cults in ancient Greece

Unfricht Armin: Guilt and Atonement? : communal disasters and the creation of hero-cults in ancient Greece. In: Sapiens ubique civis, (1). pp. 29-56. (2021)

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Abstract

In Greek Antiquity, communal suffering and misfortune was often interpreted as resulting from divine or supernatural ill-will. In some accounts, it is a wrathful heros who is the cause, and a cult has to be instituted in order to appease him and possibly gain a powerful ally. In this article, I focus on narratives where the hero receiving a cult in this fashion is a historical figure. Specifically, I analyze the different elements of these narratives in regards to how they characterize and frame the hero and his relationship towards his community, focusing especially on the function of the collective disasters and afflictions in these tales.

Item Type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: Sapiens ubique civis
Date: 2021
Volume: 1
ISSN: 2732-317X
Page Range: pp. 29-56
Language: English
Publisher: University of Szeged
Place of Publication: Szeged
Event Title: Sapiens ubique civis (7.) (2019) (Szeged)
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/74681/
DOI: 10.14232/suc.2020.1.29-56
Uncontrolled Keywords: Klasszika-filológia, Görög mitológia, Vallás - ókori - görög, Hőskultusz
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: p. 53-56. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 06. Humanities
06. Humanities > 06.02. Languages and Literature
Date Deposited: 2022. Apr. 01. 12:05
Last Modified: 2022. Apr. 01. 12:05
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/74853

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