Urania (Agon)
Urania ( ancient Greek Οὐρανία ) was an agon in ancient Greece in honor of Zeus Uranios , which was committed in Sparta .
The Urania were gymnastic and probably also musical agons . Herodotus reports in the 5th century BC BC from the fact that the priesthood for Zeus Uranios was exercised by the Spartan kings . The agon itself is only attested by inscriptions from the Roman Empire . In addition to the priest, the offices here are an agonothet (referee) and a panegyriarch , the lecturer of a panegyric .
literature
- Ernst Wüst : Urania 4. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX A, 1, Stuttgart 1961, Col. 941.
- Martin Persson Nilsson : Greek festivals of religious importance excluding the Attic. Teubner, Leipzig 1906 (reprint Teubner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-519-07254-8 ), p. 32 ( online ).