ḳị-wo-na-de: sobre un posible culto a la columna en la Pilo micénica

Juan Piquero Rodríguez

doi:10.5209/ilur.85575

ḳị-wo-na-de: regarding a possible cult of the column in the Mycenaean Pylos

Juan Piquero Rodríguez Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0600-5190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ilur.85575

Keywords: Mycenaean Religion, Greek Religion, aniconism, Ancient Greek lexicography

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to offer arguments in support of the interpretation of the Mycenaean word ḳị-wo-na-de as ‘to the column’. To this effect, the study focuses on three aspects: 1) the analysis of Mycenaean texts; 2) the examination of the iconographical testimonies from Minoan and Mycenaean periods, and 3) the review of the contexts where the Greek word κίων ‘column’ refers to an aniconic image of a deity in the first millennium BC.

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2023-03-07

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Piquero Rodríguez J. (2023). ḳị-wo-na-de: regarding a possible cult of the column in the Mycenaean Pylos. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 28, e85575. https://doi.org/10.5209/ilur.85575

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