Satrapes

Satrapes was a god in the Palmyrene pantheon, the name occurring in Syrian inscriptions from Palmyra and the Hauran. Pausanias (vi.25, 26) mentions 'Satrapes' as the name of a god who had a statue and a cult in Elis and is identified with Korybas.^[1]^[2]

The origin of this 'god' is obscure.^[2] It may have arisen from a cult identifying the divine and royal aspect of the satrap's power, in a similar fashion to many deified personifications in Roman paganism, i.e. the goddess Pietas.

References

^ Pausanias (the Traveller) (1824). The description of Greece, by Pausanias. Vol. 2. Translated by Taylor, T. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Satrap". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 230.

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[1] Pausanias (the Traveller) (1824). The description of Greece, by Pausanias. Vol. 2. Translated by Taylor, T. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Satrap". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 230.

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