Didima

Didima
Sejarah
Δίδυμα
Reruntuhan Kuil Apollo di Didima
Letak di peta Turkey
Lokasi	Didim, Provinsi Aydin, Turki
Wilayah	Ionia
Jenis	Tempat suci
Budaya	Yunani, Romawi
Satelit dari	Miletus
Catatan situs
Kondisi	Reruntuhan
Pemilik	Publik
Akses umum	Yes
Situs web	Situs Arkeologi Didima

Didima (/ˈdɪd[invalid input: 'ɨ']mə/; bahasa Yunani Kuno:Δίδυμα) adalah sebuah tempat suci Yunani kuno di pesisir Ionia. Tempat tersebut terdiri dari sebuah kuil dan orakel Apollo, Didymaion. Dalam bahasa Yunani, didima artinya "kembar".^[1] Berada di samping Delfi, Didyma adalah orakel paling dikenal di dunia Helenistik, yang mula-mula disebutkan oleh orang Yunani dalam Himne Homerik untuk Apollo.^[2] Pendiriannya menandakan melek huruf dan kolonisasi Helenistik atas Ionia. Genealogi-genealogi mistis dari asal muasal garis keturunan para pendeta, yang dirancang untuk menampilkan asal muasal Didima menurut tradisi Helenistik, bermula pada zaman Helenistik.^[3]

Catatan

↑ Joseph Eddy Fontenrose noted that Didyma is akin to Idyma in Caria, and Sidyma in Lycia. See Fontenrose, Joseph Eddy (1932). "Zeus Didymaeus". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 62: 251. JSTOR 283217.
↑ Fontenrose demonstrated that a "Zeus Didymeus" that was mentioned once, by Nicander, is a phantom based on a merely geographical epithet: the Zeus who shared honors of patronage at Didyma, though not in the Didymaion itself, was actually Zeus Soter, "Zeus the Saviour". See Fontenrose, Joseph Eddy (1932). "Zeus Didymaeus". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 62: 245. JSTOR 283217.
↑ Parke, H. W. (1986). "The Temple of Apollo at Didyma: The Building and Its Function". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 106: 123. JSTOR 629647.
Based on the suggestion in Strabo that the Magnesians came from the region round Mount Didyma in Thessaly and erected in their new home a temple to Dindymene, "Mother of the Gods", i.e. Cybele. See Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich von (1895). "Die Herkunft am Magneten-um-Maeander". Hermes. 30: 181.
Bragxos, βράγχος, "hoarse". See Hammond, N. G. L. (1998). "The Branchidae at Didyma and in Sogdiana". The Classical Quarterly. 48 (2): 339. doi:10.1093/cq/48.2.339. JSTOR 639826. Note 1.
Hammond, N. G. L. (1998). "The Branchidae at Didyma and in Sogdiana". The Classical Quarterly. 48 (2): 339. doi:10.1093/cq/48.2.339. JSTOR 639826. Note 2.

Bacaan tambahan

Joseph Fontenrose, 1988. Didyma. Apollo's Oracle, Cult and Companions, (Berkeley). Catalogue of Didyman inquiries and responses, translated.
Robin Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians 1986: Chapter 5
H. W. Parke, 1985. The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor
T. Wiegand, 1941-58. Didyma, 2 vols. in 4, (Berlin) The prime archaeological report.