God Manifest

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God Manifest is the divine-sounding royal epithet used by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes to proclaim himself as a visible manifestation of a god.

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Label Occurrences
God Manifest canonical 2

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
royal epithet ⓘ
appliedTo Hellenistic monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Seleucid Empire ⓘ
category Ancient royal titles ⓘ
Hellenistic religion ⓘ
contrastsWith purely human kingship ⓘ
denotes divine status of a ruler ⓘ
hasAbbreviationOrForm Epiphanes as part of royal titulature ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Greek-speaking Near East ⓘ
linked to: Greek East

Seleucid monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid kings
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMeaning god made manifest ⓘ
hasOriginalLanguageForm Epiphanes (Greek: Ἐπιφανής) ⓘ
implies self-deification of the ruler ⓘ
isEpithetOf Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
linkedTo Antiochus IV’s religious policies ⓘ
Hellenistic divine epithets ⓘ
refersTo visible manifestation of a god ⓘ
relatedConcept divine kingship ⓘ
ruler cult ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ
translationOf Epiphanes ⓘ
usedBy Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
usedFor political legitimation ⓘ
religious propaganda ⓘ
usedInContext Greek ruler cult ⓘ
Hellenistic royal ideology ⓘ

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Epiphanes → meaning → God Manifest ⓘ