Oracle of Apollo in Kalkhedon
TURKISH JOURNAL OF HISTORY-TARIH DERGISI, vol.0, no.77, pp.1-14, 2022 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 0 Issue: 77
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.26650/iutd.1096605
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF HISTORY-TARIH DERGISI
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, L'Année philologique, Historical Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.1-14
- Keywords: Divination, Apollo, Kalkhedon, Khresterios, Pythaios, Oracle, Asylia
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Ancient literary sources, inscriptions, and numismatic evidence, although few, attest to the existence and activities of an oracular center of Apollo in Kalkhedon, starting from the Hellenistic period until the beginning of the 3rd century AD. This oracle, exhibiting characteristics pertaining to a supraregional domain, was the subject of discussion instigated by the asylia decrees written on two different occasions. Kalkhedon was declared "sacred and inviolable" on behalf of Apollo, who was named with different epithets on each occasion, namely Pythaios and Khresterios. The possibility of there having been two separate Apollo sanctuaries and proposals about the location of the oracle are examined in this article by evaluating the related material, in addition to the supraregional characteristics of the oracle of Apollo in Kalkhedon.