Heracles Kynagidas
Heracles Kynagidas (Κυναγίδας, "The Huntsman") was the patron god of hunting in the
Macedonian Kingdom, to whom hunting trophies were dedicated. The epithet was also attributed to "Artemis
Kynago" Κυναγὼ, in its female form.
Inscriptional attestations
Heracles Kynagidas is attested in fourteen inscriptions of various places in
Mycenaean ku-na-ke-ta-i.[7]
Polybius
Polybius, who was interested in horse-riding and hunting, gives the following passage:[8]
For as the Macedonian kings were especially eager about hunting, and the Macedonians devoted the most suitable districts to the preservation of game, these places were carefully guarded during all the war time, as they had been before, and yet had not been hunted the whole of the four years owing to the public disturbances: the consequence was that they were full of every kind of animal. But when the war was decided,
Scipio, and gave him entire authority over all matters connected with the hunting. Scipio accepted the duty, and, looking upon himself as in a quasi-royal position, devoted his whole time to this business, as long as the army remained in Macedonia after the battle of Pydna.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ IG X,2 2 188, IG X,2 2 233 - (Roman-era Pelagonia)
- ^ EKM 1. Beroia 29.
- ^ EKM 1. Beroia 134 (late 2nd century BC).
- ^ IG X,2 2 319
- ^ Meletemata 22, Epig. App. 27 King Philip, son of King Demetrius to Heracles Kynagidas.
- ^ Deger-Jalkotzy & Lemos 2006, p. 55.
- ^ Polybius. The Histories, 32.14 Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine.
Sources
- ISBN 0-7486-1889-9.