Divine Epithets scholarly views

Question 1

Sourvinou-Inwood (1997)

Answer 1

Unitarian View- different epithets are for different aspects of the same god. Evidence- Panathenaic inscription; Herodotus King Croesus.

Question 2

Mikalson (1983)

Answer 2

Separative view- different epithets represent different gods, due to being worshipped differently by different people. Evidence to support- Xenophon’s writings about Socrates agreeing.

Question 3

Versnel (2011)

Answer 3

Combinative view- the meaning of epithets changed according to circumstances. Believes that the Greeks would accept with one epithet the same as Zeus with a different epithet but that cultic worship aligned with the separatist view.