customs
Votive Offering
anathema / votum
A gift dedicated to a god in fulfillment of a vow — statues, weapons, tablets, body-part models, or treasures left at a sanctuary in thanks for prayers answered.
Where this idea shows up
11 Greek sourcesWhere to read it
- Cyropaedia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Quaestiones Romanae120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Quaestiones Convivales120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Quaestiones Graecae120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Deipnosophistae230 CEAthenaeus of Naucratis· Naucratis