No. XLIV (2013)
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The Thracian Hero on the Danube: New Interpretation of an Inscription from Diana

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  • Dragana Grbić
Dragana Grbić
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1344007G

Published 01.12.2013

Keywords

  • Latin epigraphy,
  • Upper Moesia,
  • Djerdap/Iron Gates,
  • Thracian epithets,
  • Thracian cult,
  • Thracian Hero,
  • religion
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How to Cite

Grbić, D. (2013). The Thracian Hero on the Danube: New Interpretation of an Inscription from Diana. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XLIV), 7–20. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1344007G

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Abstract

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-).
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