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Der sogenannte Gadatas-Brief: Eine authentische Kopie oder die Erdichtung von Priestern?

Hegyi, Dolores (2010) Der sogenannte Gadatas-Brief: Eine authentische Kopie oder die Erdichtung von Priestern? Acta Antiqua, 50 (2-3). pp. 349-360. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The sanctuary of Apollon mentioned in the letter of Gadata is not to be sought in Magnesia on Meander but in the town of Tralleis/Tralles. Tralleis was located in the territory of the satrapy Caria whose capital was Magnesia in the age of Dareios. Therefore it is understandable that it was the satrap of Caria who must remedy the abuse which hurted the interests of the priest of Apollon. The inscription containing the letter of Gadata can be a later copy of a Greek original text because its language and orthography has some characterics of the prehellenistic age. This inscription could be seen by Xenophon who probably here has got the idee of naming Gadatas one of the eunuchs in his Oikonomika. Plutarch informs us that the memory of the Persian wars was living in Magnesia in the age of Hadrian, too. It seems that the Roman emperor has visited Tralleis personally.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2017 08:31
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2017 08:31
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/44462

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