Hierophylakes
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Hierophylakes, also known as hierodidaskaloi, hieronomoi, or hierophantai,[1] were priests for the Eumolpidae[2] involved in performing acts of sacrifice.[3]
quadrennial, and so individuals did not maintain an existence within this role for their life-time. He also stated that they might marry if they wished to do so known as, lambanein gynaika.[2]
They are also mentioned in the HGK 1 inscription, an important component of the state calendar created in Kos about 360 B.C. which lists the officials present at sacrifices. The Hierophylakes alongside an archeuontes are noted to make a preliminary announcement before the sacrifice of an oxen.[4]
The Hierophylakes as a role is also mentioned during the early Roman Empire in a votive inscription to Tiberius and Livia.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus (translated by Earnest Cary) – The Roman Antiquities Aeterna Press 30 May 2015 [Retrieved 2015-07-13]
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4411-3927-6. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ISBN 3-11-031848-2[Retrieved 2015-07-13]
- JSTOR 3269657.
- ISBN 978-0-87169-904-6.
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