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The onomastic attributes of Greek Healing Deities

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The study of onomastic sequences elaborated on roots evoking illness, healing and health leads to a paradoxical observation. While it seems normal to attempt to specify the healing attributes of polyvalent deities such as Zeus, it is more surprising that Asklepios himself, who is the god of medicine, is also granted onomastic sequences related to healing. As we shall see, the choice of these qualifiers is subtly made according to the multiplicity of cult realities on the one hand, where onomastic polysemy echoes the polymorphy of the deities, and also according to the univocal character of the god of medicine, whose singularity authorises the use of attributes with less precise meanings than those granted to Herakles or even Apollo.

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hal-04342174 , version 1 (13-12-2023)

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Clarisse Prêtre. The onomastic attributes of Greek Healing Deities. Corinne Bonnet; Alaya Palamidis. What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean, De Gruyter, pp.205-235, In press, 9783111326276. ⟨hal-04342174⟩
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