单词 | ruler cult |
释义 | > as lemmasruler cult ruler cult n. historical the practice of worshipping a hereditary ruler as if divine; an instance of this; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of ruler ruler cult1919 1919 L. M. Sweet Rom. Emperor Worship x. 123 The ruler was the embodiment and revelation on earth of the sun-god. This was the last and greatest victory of the ruler-cult. 1958 Times 15 Nov. 9/7 Revolutionary and critical times may produce the phenomenon we call ruler-cult. 1972 Classical Rev. 22 427/2 Habicht will always remain the definitive work on early Hellenistic ruler cults in the Greek cities. 2004 Classical Jrnl. 100 100 The Ptolemies depended on the availability of these equivalences in their less subtly Egyptianizing programs, such as ruler cult, royal sibling marriage, and the promotion of Serapis. < as lemmas |
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