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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God Manifest canonical 2

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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