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An Epicurean school in Apamea (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Adad (Glory, Thunder) 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.04 Concept of god (1) 01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism) 01.04.03.05 Great gods 01.04.03.05.05 Adad (Glory, Thunder) Apamea 12 Assyrian Identity 12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era 12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity 12.03.02.11 Apamea	Keywords Bel Epicureans
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman inscriptions

Summary
Bel of Apamea = Adad.

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There is evidence for an Epicurean school headed by a priest of Bel; an inscription unearthed at Apamea dating to the first half of the second century CE wrote: ‘ … by the command of the greatest, holy god Bel, Aurelios Belios Philippos, priest and diadochos of the Epicureans in Apamea.’ This evidence directly connects the cult of Bel with philosophy, and shows one path by which Babylonian religious and wisdom traditions were able to influence the development of Hellenistic philosophy.

Bibliography

Dalley 1998, 52

Dalley, Stephanie. “Occasions and Opportunities.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 9-55.

Stephanie Dalley

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