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Stefano G. Caneva et al., « Connecting present with a canonized past Neos and Nea for individuals in the Imperial period », Revue de l’histoire des religions, ID : 10.4000/rhr.12873
This article analyzes how the adjective Neos / Nea was used to honour elite individuals of Greek cities in the Imperial period as « new » gods, heroes, or even mortals from the past. Through an analysis of all attested cases, we present the honorands, honouring agents, the honorific titles, the deities and media involved and explore if these titles imply a ritual treatment. A final discussion returns to seminal points : the meaning of the term Neos, the relationship between epithets and heroic honours, and the social hierarchy by which Emperors equated to new gods are contrasted to other individuals honoured as important humans from the Classical past. We conclude that the practice of granting Neos epithets was influenced by the Second Sophistic and responded to socio-political needs of self-representation of the elites.