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Name elements |
| Heroic: | Ἡρακλεϊσταί, Herakleistai - From the hero Herakles (Morelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959] 53-56, 147-149). | | Theophoric: | Σωτηριασταί, Soteriastai - From Zeus, specifically the epithet Σωτηρ, Soter (Morelli, ibid. 46-52, 136-147).
Ἀσκλαπιασταί, Asklapiastai - From the deity Asklepios (Morrelli, ibid. 31-33, 115-117).
Ποσειδανιασταί, Poseidaniastai - From the god Poseidon (Morrelli, ibid. 63-66, 167-170).
Ἀθαναιισταί, Athanaistai - From the doric spelling of Athena (Morrelli, ibid. 2-13, 80-89).
Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, Ibid., 34-35, 117-18)
Ἑρμαϊσταί, Hermaistai - From the god Hermes (Morrelli, ibid., 15-20, 94-99).
Ματὴρ Θεῶν, Mater theon - A reference to a deity called 'mother of the gods', according to Morelli, this likely refers to a cult of asiatic origin (Morrelli, ibid., 60, 160). The worship of such a deity became a frequent thing in the Greek speaking world in the hellenistic period. The epithet has been connected to the Phrygian goddess Cybele, and the Greek goddesses Gaia, Rhea and Demeter (see Borgeaud 1996). |
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