Title | How to run a state cult: The organization of the cult of Apollo Delphinios at Miletos |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Herda A |
Conference Name | Current approaches to religion in ancient Greece, An internafional symposium |
Keywords | Miletus |
Abstract | The cult of Apollo Delphinios was the main state cult of Ionian Miletos, from the seventh century BC until Late Antiquity. His cult association, the so-called Molpoi, controlled access to citizenship. Their executive board formed the governing body of the prytaneis and supplied the aisymnetes-stephanephoros, the eponymous magistrate. At the beginning of every new year, the rituals of the city’s most important festival of Apollo Delphinios, including officers’ oaths, sacrifices, dining, |