Open AccessThe Thracian hero on the Danube new interpretation of an inscription from Diana
Author(s) -
Dragana Grbić
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc1344007g
Subject(s) - hero , reinterpretation , epithet , cult , context (archaeology) , interpretation (philosophy) , literature , art , history , ancient history , philosophy , aesthetics , archaeology , linguistics
The paper looks at some aspects of the Thracian Hero cult on the Danube frontier of Upper Moesia inspired by a reinterpretation of a Latin votive inscription from Diana, which, as the paper proposes, was dedicated to Deo Totovitioni. Based on epigraphic analogies, the paper puts forth the view that it was a dedication to the Thracian Hero, since it is in the context of this particular cult that the epithet Totovitio has been attested in various variants (Toto-viti- / Toto-bisi- / Toto-ithi-)