Triumphator and Ancestor Rituals Between Symbolic Anthropology and Magic

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Triumphator and Ancestor Rituals Between Symbolic Anthropology and Magic "
Jörg Rüpke

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1078924
Doc. No	:	LA122553
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852706778544997‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jörg Rüpke
Title & Author	:	Triumphator and Ancestor Rituals Between Symbolic Anthropology and Magic [Article]\ Jörg Rüpke
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2006
Volume/ Issue Number	:	53/3
Page No	:	251–289
Abstract	:	This article argues that the Roman triumph with the figure of the triumphator and the burial of Roman nobles with the pompa imaginum should be interpreted within the framework of the prestige and practices related to honori fic statues. Using the red colour of the triumphator's skin as the main argument, the figure of the triumphator is interpreted as a temporary statue, and the triumph as an attempt on part of the senate to regulate the prestige of honori fic statues by tying it to a public ritual. Likewise, the bearers of imagines are interpreted as representing the ensemble of all legitimate — i.e. as based on public positions — statues used to construct a family. Both rituals, as known from late republican sources, developed from the fourth century BC onwards. This article argues that the Roman triumph with the figure of the triumphator and the burial of Roman nobles with the pompa imaginum should be interpreted within the framework of the prestige and practices related to honori fic statues. Using the red colour of the triumphator's skin as the main argument, the figure of the triumphator is interpreted as a temporary statue, and the triumph as an attempt on part of the senate to regulate the prestige of honori fic statues by tying it to a public ritual. Likewise, the bearers of imagines are interpreted as representing the ensemble of all legitimate — i.e. as based on public positions — statues used to construct a family. Both rituals, as known from late republican sources, developed from the fourth century BC onwards.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852706778544997‬