Μια νέα ερμηνεία ενός γκράφιτι από υστερορωμαϊκή οικία της αρχαίας Ελεύθερνας


Δημοσιευμένα: Mar 11, 2024
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Epigraphy Eleutherna Crete Christian Nike Victory Acclamations
Γεώργιος Δεληγιαννάκης
Περίληψη

P. Themelis (Κριτική Εστία 5, [1994-1996], 269; SEG 45, 1266) published a short
graffito that was engraved on the door lintel connecting the rooms 23 and 26
of the so-called House 2 of Sector I of ancient Eleftherna. It reads Νείκην τῷ
Κυρείῳ. It has been dated to the third or the early fourth century CE and it
has been interpreted as a wish to the God by Christians, possibly related to the
religious persecutions of the Roman State against them ca. 250 CE. The use of
the terms κύριος and ν(ε)ίκη in Roman and Late Roman acclamations found
in textual sources, in both religious and secular contexts, is here analysed;
the author rejects the previous interpretations and argues that this graffito is
an acclamatory wish for a victory and/or the well-being of the owner of the
house. Based on Amm. Marc. 16.8.9, he, moreover, connects it with a contem-
porary ritual of the Roman house.

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