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Apollonius and king’s statue (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Proskynesis 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.03 Assyrian substratum features in early Syriac Christianity 12.03.03.02 Sanctification of the emperor 12.03.03.02.01 Proskynesis Statues of kings 06 Visual arts and architecture 06.03 Sculpture 06.03.06 Sculpture in round 06.03.06.01 Statues of kings	Keywords cults kings
Period 3rd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.27:
When he arrived at Babylon, the official in charge of the great gates, learning that he had come as a sightseer, held out to him a golden statue of the king before which one had to do obeisance, or he was forbidden to enter. An ambassador from the Roman governor was not compelled to do this, but anyone coming from a barbarian land, or touring the country, was thought dishonored if he did not worship the statue first.

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Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 1.27

Bibliography

Jones 2005, 100-101

Jones, Ch. P. Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 2005.

Amar Annus

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