Institute for Balkan Studies Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsBelgrade
Abstract: The paper looks at some aspects of the Thracian Hero cult on the Danube frontier of Upper Moesia inspired by a reinterpretation of a Latin votive inscription from Diana, which, as the paper proposes, was dedicated to Deo Totovitioni. Based on epigraphic analogies, the paper puts forth the view that it was a dedication to the Thracian Hero, since it is in the context of this particular cult that the epithet Totovitio has been attested in various variants (Toto-viti- / Toto-bisi- / Toto-ithi-).
Keywords: Latin epigraphy, Upper Moesia, Djerdap/Iron Gates, Thracian epithets,Thracian cult, Thracian Hero, religion
http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0350-76531344007G
DOI:10.2298/BALC1344007G