Oinoe, Ikaria island: fragmentary inscription reproducing an oracle that refers to temple conversion, late 5th/6th century AD

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Start date
400
End date
599
Historical period
Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description

Oinoe, Ikaria island: fragmentary inscription reproducing an oracle in which Apollo predicts a temple’s future conversion to a house of Holy Mary (IG 12.6.2.1265); it was intended to provide the island’s community with the ideological justification for the conversion of a pagan temple into a church.

Chronological details: late 5th/6th century AD

Language
Ancient Greek
Physical type
- (AAT Getty)
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- (AAT Getty)
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