The Thracian Cult of Rhesus and the Heros Equitans*

Autor:	Vayos J. Liapis
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	biology media_common.quotation_subject Ethnology Identification (biology) Art Ancient history Heros biology.organism_classification Parallels Cult media_common
Zdroj:	Kernos. :95-104
ISSN:	2034-7871 0776-3824
DOI:	10.4000/kernos.1938
Popis:	A survey of the available evidence for the Thracian cult of Rhesus, mainly on the basis of the pseudo-Euripidean Rhesus and of Philostratus’ Heroicus, shows that the identification of Rhesus with the so-called Heros Equitans, or “Thracian Horseman” (first proposed almost a century ago by G. Seure) rests on firmer ground than is sometimes assumed. The paper also reviews significant portions of the pictorial and epigraphic evidence for the Heros Equitans. It concludes that the parallels between Rhesus and the Heros Equitans are too striking to be ignored.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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