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Synoecism and religious interface in Demetrias (Thessaly)

Sofia Kravaritou
p. 111-135

Résumé

This paper addresses the issues related to the contribution of archaeology along with other disciplines, mostly history and epigraphy, to the study of the re-structuring of religious life within the confines of post-classical synoecisms. Emphasis is placed on the religious interface of eastern coastal Thessaly, as it was configured after the local communities came together to form a new royal foundation, Demetrias, in 293.

Cet article aborde les questions liées à l’apport de l’archéologie avec d’autres disciplines, principalement l’histoire et l’épigraphie, à l’étude de la réorganisation de la vie religieuse au sein de synécismes post-classiques. L’accent est mis sur l’interface religieuse de Thessalie côtière de l’Est, tel qui a été configuré après la réunion des communautés locales, en 293, afin de former Démétrias, nouvelle fondation royale et siège du royaume macédonien.

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Ce document sera publié en ligne en texte intégral en octobre 2014.

Plan

1. Religion and synoecism
2. The synoecism of Demetrias under Macedonian rule
2.1. The royal letter
2.2. Evidence from literary sources
3. Archaeology, religion and synoecism in Demetrias
3.1. . . . the Thessalian background
3.2. … cultic background and royal foundation
3.3. New Cults and royal foundation
3.4. Foreign cults
4. The Magnesian Koinon: cults and politics
Conclusion
Catalogue of Cults

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“Can we talk about an Archaeology of Greek Religion?” From this key question addressed by A. Schnapp in 1999 – in an attempt to re-evaluate the hermeneutical and practical dimension of religious archaeology for ancient Greece – until theestablishment of KernosArchaeological Chronicle in 2001 and its present decennial anniversary celebration, the contribution which archaeology can make to our understanding of Greek religion was more than ever highlighted.

1. Religion and synoecism

New types of political organization – namely the enforced or the voluntary synoecism and the sympolity – emerged in a wide scale at the dawn of the classical world, when the restructuring of the socio-political order dynamically overshadowed the classical polis’ saga;this has surely left important traces on the local religious life. The religious inferences of synoecism have been already briefly discussed by M.P. Nilsson, but a thorough response to the question of the impact of communities’ coalescence to t...

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Sofia Kravaritou, « Synoecism and religious interface in Demetrias (Thessaly) », Kernos [En ligne], 24 | 2011, mis en ligne le 01 octobre 2014, consulté le 23 mai 2013. URL : http://kernos.revues.org/1942 ; DOI : 10.4000/kernos.1942

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Sofia Kravaritou

Archaeological Institute for Thessalian Studies
Gamveta, 74-76
GR-382 21 Volos

skravaritou@gmail.com

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