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)