Komyros
Komyros ( Greek Κώμυρος ) is an epithet of the Greek god Zeus in Caria .
The cult of Komyros is known from Lycophrons Alexandra in Halicarnassus , where Herakles offers him a burnt offering; in a scholion from Tzetzes the epithet is assigned to Zeus. The religious historian Martin Persson Nilsson identifies the epithet with the epithet of Zeus Kymorios ( Κυμώριος ) , which is attested to in Bargylia . It can be assumed that the epithet was originally a local Carian deity who was then identified with Zeus.
A two-day festival of Zeus Komyros, the Komyria , was celebrated in the mountain village of Panamara , near which in the 3rd century BC. The city Stratonikeia was founded by Antiochus I. In Panamara, ruins of a temple of Zeus Panameros were found in the 19th century , which represented the cultic center of various communities that later joined together to form a koinon . In addition to the Komyria, the Panamereia , the festival of Zeus Panamerus, and Heraia in honor of the goddess Hera Teleia were also celebrated here. Next to the temple was a separate sanctuary called Komyrion .
literature
- Otto Höfer : Komyros . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 1283 ( digitized ).
- Martin Persson Nilsson : Greek festivals of religious importance excluding the Attic. Teubner, Leipzig 1906. Reprint Teubner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-519-07254-8 ( digitized version )
- Karl Scherling: Komyros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, Sp. 1304-1307. ( Digitized 1 , 2 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lykophron, Alexandra 459 .
- ↑ Tzetzes, Scholion zu Lykophrons Alexandra 459.
- ↑ Inscriptions from Iasos , No. 632 . First publication: G. Cousin, Ch. Diehl: Inscriptions de Iasos et de Bargylia . In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 13, 1889 pp. 38-40.
- ↑ Martin Persson Nilsson: Greek festivals of religious importance excluding the Attic . P. 28, footnote 1.
- ^ Karl Scherling: Komyros . Sp. 1304.
- ^ Karl Scherling: Komyros . Sp. 1305.
- ↑ Martin Persson Nilsson: Greek festivals of religious importance excluding the Attic . P. 28.