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15 mai 2013
- doi: 10.4000/books.pulg.501
- isbn: 9782874560033
- eisbn: 9782821829008
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Gunnel Ekroth, « Chapter I. Terms assumed to be related to hero-cult rituals », Presses universitaires de Liège, ID : 10.4000/books.pulg.501
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In the modern literature on hero-cults, a number of terms have been classified as being particularly applicable to the sacrifices to heroes. This terminology is said to express the specific characteristics of the rituals used in hero-cults and to distinguish them from the sacrifices to the gods, while at the same time linking the heroes to the cult of the ordinary dead. Among the terms chosen for a closer study in this chapter are ἐσχάρα, ἐσχαρών and βόθρος, which refer to the altars or sacri...