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From the History of the Worship of Apollo at Actium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2011

F. Sokolowski
Affiliation:
Gouvieux, France

Extract

Until the last few years we had scanty information on the cult of Apollo at Actium, which, after the victory of Augustus won there in 31 B.C., became very popular in the Greek and Roman world. The games of Actium, reorganized and elevated to panhellenistic rank, flourished for a long time in the Roman empire. The lucky discovery of an inscription at Olympia, from the end of the third century B.C., has now brought us new light on the earlier history of this cult.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1959

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