Pronouncement for the Anaitians and the Metapians
Abstract
The ϝράτρα for the Anaitians and the Metapians falls under a definite group of archaic and classical Olympian documents, which hand us some of the oracles issued by Zeus; this time, the god orders those communities (otherwise unknown and not belonging to the political community of ‘the Eleans’) to bind themselves in a reciprocal φιλία under penalty of exclusion from his altar. The decidedly imposing dictate of Olympian Zeus, absolute ruler of this φιλία, undoubtedly contradicts the image of his sanctuary as a (politically) neutral place of arbitration of conflicts between the (autonomous) communities living around it.
Submitted: July 29, 2021 | Accepted: Oct. 11, 2021 | Published Dec. 10, 2021 | Language: it
Keywords Olympia • Hiaromaoi (ἰαρομάοι) • Pronouncement (ϝράτρα) • Oath (ὄρκος) • Friendship (φιλία) • Anaitians and Metapians • Soothsayers (μάντεις) • Oracle and altar of Zeus • Proxenoi • Eleans
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