This provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(May 2017) |
Hierophylakes, also known as hierodidaskaloi, hieronomoi, or hierophantai, [1] were priests for the Eumolpidae [2] involved in performing acts of sacrifice. [3]
Pausanias stated that new hierophantai were elected every quadrennial, and so individuals did not maintain an existence within this role for their life-time. He also stated that they might marry if they wished to do so known as, lambanein gynaika. [2]
They are also mentioned in the HGK 1 inscription, an important component of the state calendar created in Kos about 360 B.C. which lists the officials present at sacrifices. The Hierophylakes alongside an archeuontes are noted to make a preliminary announcement before the sacrifice of an oxen. [4]
The Hierophylakes as a role is also mentioned during the early Roman Empire in a votive inscription to Tiberius and Livia. [5]
This provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(May 2017) |
Hierophylakes, also known as hierodidaskaloi, hieronomoi, or hierophantai, [1] were priests for the Eumolpidae [2] involved in performing acts of sacrifice. [3]
Pausanias stated that new hierophantai were elected every quadrennial, and so individuals did not maintain an existence within this role for their life-time. He also stated that they might marry if they wished to do so known as, lambanein gynaika. [2]
They are also mentioned in the HGK 1 inscription, an important component of the state calendar created in Kos about 360 B.C. which lists the officials present at sacrifices. The Hierophylakes alongside an archeuontes are noted to make a preliminary announcement before the sacrifice of an oxen. [4]
The Hierophylakes as a role is also mentioned during the early Roman Empire in a votive inscription to Tiberius and Livia. [5]