Builder of the cities : Dionysius and Sicels

Bibliographic description

punktacja MEiN [2015 B]: 15

title:	Builder of the cities : Dionysius and Sicels
author:	Tokarczuk Ryszard
journal title:	Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Prace Historyczne
volume:	142
issue:	1
date of publication :	2015
pages:	13-24
ISSN:	0083-4351
eISSN:	2084-4069
ISBN:	978-83-233-2940-3
DOI:	10.4467/20844069PH.15.002.3498
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 23. Streszcz. w j. ang.
language:	English
journal language:	Polish
abstract in English:	In 400 BC, Dionysius the Elder founded a city called Adranos, after an important Sicel sanctuary. This deed marked an important phase in relations between the indigenous people and the Greek population. It can be argued that the tyrant’s decision was dictated by practical reasons, yet his policy of subjecting a Sicel divinity under the Greek city-state structure resulted from previous Greek experiences and practices. On the other hand, after the era of Dionysius, the cult of Adranos not only did not disappear, but also gained a wider recognition and never lost political importance to the Greeks, who by the end of fourth century exerted significant influence over former Sicel lands. In the effect native people did not vanish from the island but were practically absorbed into the Greek world.
keywords in English:	Dionysius, Adranos, Sicily, Sicels, religion
affiliation:	Wydział Historyczny
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper