TITLE: |
Hadrian’s pompe in Ephesos |
DATE: |
c. 117-138 AD |
ACTUAL LOCATION: |
British Museum, it was found upon the site of the Great Theatre of Ephesos |
TEXT: |
NEWTON, C T; HICKS, E L; HIRSCHFIELD, G.; MARSHALL, F. H. (ed.) (1874-1916): The collection of ancient Greek inscriptions in the British Museum, London, p. 221, n.600 (DC) |
EDITIONS/TRANSLATIONS: |
KEYWORDS: |
Word used to mean procession: |
Word used to mean the cult images: |
Gods or other entities named: |
Dionysos, Zeus Panhellenios, and Hephaestos (l. 1-2, l. 46), cf. Newton et al. 1874-1916, p. 222: “it is obvious to conjecture in the names Dionysos and Zeus Panhellenios we have an allusion to that Emperor who is well known to have been worshipped under both these titles” |
Description of the cult images: |
Procession’s route: |
Frequency with which the procession takes place: |
Performers: |
The priest of Dionysus (l. 1-5) |
References to the public attending the procession: |
There is a list at the end with the names of Dionysiac worshippers |
Rites related to the procession: |
Allusions to conduct or forms of reverence: |
Other remarkable elements: |
Newton et al. 1874-1916, p. 222: “We may interpret this as a record of a festival and procession in honour of Hadrian, worshipped as the ‘Young Dionysos’” |
BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
BÖMMER (1952), RE: s.v. Pompa. Herrscher, Vol. XXI.2, p. 1967, n.294 and 122 NEWTON, C T; HICKS, E L; HIRSCHFIELD, G.; MARSHALL, F. H. (eds.) (1874-1916): The collection of ancient Greek inscriptions in the British Museum, London, p. 221, n.600 (DC) |