Archeget
Archeget (es) ( ancient Greek archēgétēs "leader", "ancestor", "founder") is an ancient Greek functional title or epithet of ancient heroes (heroes), sometimes meaning the " progenitor " of his people.
In a religious context, archēgétēs was also used as a cult name ( epiclesis ) when invoking deities under whose protection entire cities or peoples were. The god Apollo in particular was given the nickname as the mythical founder of ancient Greek cities and colonies, especially the Seleucids . This epiclesis has direct political significance when used for the Seleucid household god. But it also served this purpose elsewhere, such as in Cyrene . In Attica the epithet was mainly used for Demenheroen in their role as patron of the community, with the Northwest Greeks and Pontus for Thracian horsemen. In Athens there was also the feminine epiclesis form of Archegetis for Athene . In addition to Apollon, the epithet was mainly used for Heracles , who appears under this name as the leader of the Dorians . The city god Melkart was also given the nickname archēgétēs in its graced form .
In the meaning of founder or progenitor , the term archeget is also used in a figurative sense, for example for the founder of a science or the creator of a literary genre .
literature
- Otto Jessen , Otto Kern : Ἀρχηγέτης . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 441-444.
- Fritz Graf : Archegetes. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 984 ( doi: 10.1163 / 1574-9347_dnp_e132020 ; brillonline ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Jessen , Otto Kern : Ἀρχηγέτης . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 441-444.
- ↑ Duden editors : Archeget, der. Retrieved January 18, 2019; Quote: “Ancestor; Forerunner, protagonist ”.