Alaya Palamidis
Université de Toulouse

Divine Names in the Greek and West-Semitic World: The MAP Project. With a Case Study from Imbros

Friday, March 22
11:00 am
The Italian Academy, 5th-floor seminar room

Abstract
Since 2017, the team of the Mapping Ancient Polytheisms (MAP) project led by Corinne Bonnet in Toulouse has been studying the names of the gods in the ancient Greek and West-Semitic world. Divine names provide unique insights into the representation of the divine by the ancient populations of the Mediterranean and into their communication strategies. Therefore, one of the main objectives of the MAP project was the creation of a database gathering all Greek and West-Semitic inscriptions containing divine names. The database is accessible online and almost 20 000 inscriptions have been registered so far. After a general presentation of the project and its database, a case study from Imbros will illustrate how the study of divine names can cast new light on some well-known inscriptions.

This is a hybrid event. Please fill out this form if you wish to participate remotely (a Zoom link will be circulated on the morning of the event): https://forms.gle/3uBaBxd1WH5QiDPb9