Texts for Students, Volume 35,Deel 11924 |
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adulation Aelian Agesilaus Alexander's Alexandria already Ammon Anabasis Antigonus Appian Arranged by H. J. Arrian Arsinoe Asia Athenians Athens Augustus B.C. Arrian B.C. Plutarch Berenice Bithynia brother and sister called century Chalcis chap chariot Christians Circus processions claim to divinity consecrated crown death decree dedicated deified Deinarchus Demades Demetrius Dio Cassius Diodorus Siculus Dionysus Divus doubtless due to Demeter E. H. Blakeney Eclogue Edited by T. W. Egypt Egyptian emperor empire ENGLISH TRANSLATION EPISTLE epithet erected Gaius Gods Benefactors Gods Brethren Gods Saviours golden Greek hellenistic Herakles Herod ILLUSTRATING ANCIENT RULER-WORSHIP inscription Jewish embassy Jews Julius Caesar Kronos Lord Caesar loyalty Lysander Macedonians Paean passage Persians Pharaohs Philadelphus Plutarch Polycarp priest proconsuls Ptolemy II rest Rome Rome and Augustus ruler sacrifice SELECT EXTRACTS ILLUSTRATING statue Stratocles successor T. W. Crafer Tacitus Tertullian TEXTS ILLUSTRATING ANCIENT thirteenth Titus veiled Virgin word worship of Alexander Zeus
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Pagina 30 - ... that he was a god : and they added, Be thou merciful to us ; for although we have hitherto reverenced thee only as a man, yet shall we henceforth own thee as superior to mortal nature.
Pagina 30 - At which festival a great multitude were gotten together of the principal persons, and such as were of dignity, through his province. On the second day of the shows, he put on a garment made wholly of silver, and of a contexture truly wonderful, and came into the theatre early in the morning; at which time, the silver of his garment being...
Pagina 31 - ... more carried away by the thought of his resplendent glory, that a reminder of his lot is necessary to him. He were smaller (than he is), if he were then called God, because he would not be truly so called. He who is recalled to himself lest he should think himself God, is the greater. CHAP. XXXIV. Augustus, the creator of the empire, refused even to be called Lord: for this too is a surname of God. Of course I shall call the...