Theoroi and Initiates in Samothrace : The Epigraphical Evidence

Author: Dimitrova, Nora

20th century

Published on 1 January 1800 by American School of Classical Studies at Athens (N/A) as part of 'the Unknown' series.

As one of the most famous religious centres in the Aegean, the island of Samothrace was visited by thousands of worshippers between the 7th century B.C. and the 4th century A.D. All known inscriptions listing or mentioning Samothracian initiates and theoroi (a total of 169 texts) are presented, including a number of previously unpublished fragments.