Home > Categories > Philosophy and Religion > Other Religious Beliefs and General Terms > Religion: General > apotheosis

apotheosis

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

apotheosis , the act of raising a person who has died to the rank of a god. Historically, it was most important during the later Roman Empire. In an emperor's lifetime his genius was worshiped, but after he died he was often solemnly enrolled as one of the gods to be publicly adored. Apotheosis is closely related to ancestor worship .

Author not available, APOTHEOSIS., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press

For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.

Related articles from HighBeam Research:

	Comment on James A. Montanye's "Apotheosis of American Democracy"/Reply to Xavier L. Simon's Comment The Independent Review; 4/1/2007; Simon, Xavier L; Montanye, James A; 1748 words; In "The Apotheosis of American Democracy" (The Independent Review 11, no. 1 [2007]: 5 ... circumstance and environment, which only they can understand. The "apotheosis of Western political systems" (p. 15) is of concern only if it is embraced ...
	I'm Never Sure about the Word "Apotheosis".(Poem) The Southern Review; 9/22/2007; Samaras, Nicholas; 124 words; I'm Never Sure about the Word Apotheosis Each time, I transliterate its root into from becoming God but swear the word must mean like the opposite of that. Outside the ...
	Views, Reviews, Previews: Kiss Lorraine - A Berkeley Apotheosis; MTT Goes Magyar-ish Oakland Post; 5/2/2001; Gereben, Janos; 1008 words; Gereben, Janos Oakland Post 05-02-2001 Views, Reviews, Previews: Kiss Lorraine -- A Berkeley Apotheosis; MTT Goes Magyar-ish Violist-turned-mezzo, singer-turned-diva, diva-who-remained-artist Lorraine Hunt Lieberson came home on Sunday ...
	The Apotheosis of American Democracy The Independent Review; 7/1/2006; Montanye, James A; 5969 words; ... nation (Bloom 1992). Another is the apotheosis of American democracy itself. American ... perspicacious thinkers have observed the apotheosis phenomenon over several decades. Among ... Apotheosized Democracy Attributing the apotheosis of American democracy solely to economic ...
	From Representation to Apotheosis: No's Modern Myth of Okina. Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2000; Rath, Eric C.; 6228 words; ... interpretation of Okina as a ritual act of apotheosis, or shamanistic possession, as described ... Okina has come to be called an act of apotheosis. Premodern views of Okina relied on ... needed to mark the moment of the actor's apotheosis. Hence the focus in modern no discourse ...
	Hightower's Apotheosis in Light in August. The Mississippi Quarterly; 6/22/1996; GABLE, HARVEY L. JR.; 6872 words; ... novel, Hightower undergoes a kind of apotheosis. On the one hand, this scene seems to ... clues to suggest that Hightower's final apotheosis, while superficially the same as his ... obviously resist the idea that this final apotheosis is a true revelation. Many will resist ...
	Music CDs: CLASSICAL: Couperin Les Apotheoses: London Baroque BIS The Independent on Sunday; 11/9/2003; Anna Picard; 178 words; Though the private life of Francois Couperin is scantily documented, his music shows a man of incomparable seductive, intellectual and political acuity. As the French establishment bemoaned the loss of its native musical identity to Italian style, he devised Les Gouts Reunis; a witty cross-
	Dare to wear what you know is white Do you wait until you've come back tanned from an exotic beach before you dare wear white? Not this year. White is a trend in its own right - the apotheosis of chic. So, don't forget the washing powder Evening Standard - London; 4/8/1999; Mimi Spencer; 331 words; ... white bags as well as white cotton tops. Yes, dear readers, the apotheosis of chic this summer is Princess Margaret, who has done for ... But you need not go for the block-heeled shoe so beloved by Mags. Better to try something sportier (Office has got slip-ons ...
	The apotheosis of Stephen Jay Gould. (Notebook). New Criterion; 10/1/2002; Gross, Paul R.; 2344 words; ... top-gun evolutionist, the revisionist and rectifier of Darwinism, he was nothing of the sort. An account of Stephen Gould's apotheosis must address two issues. First is the set of scientific ideas with which his name is associated (in no small measure via tireless ...
	Comment on James A. Montanye's "Apotheosis of American Democracy".(CONTROVERSY) Independent Review; 3/22/2007; Simon, Xavier L.; 963 words; In The Apotheosis of American Democracy (The Independent Review 11, no. 1 [2007]: 5-17 ... complex circumstance and environment, which only they can understand. The apotheosis of Western political systems (p. 15) is of concern only if it is embraced ...
	The apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal; science, history, and religion at classic Maya Palenque.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 151 words; 9780870818660 The apotheosis of Janaab' Pakal; science, history, and religion at classic Maya Palenque. Aldana, Gerardo ... political purposes of the buildings known as the Cross Group at Palenque. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
	Apotheosis now The Village Voice; 7/16/2003; Saltz, Jerry; 1250 words; Experiencing Dia:Beacon's Ashram of the Abstract APOTHEOSIS NOW DIA: BEACON 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York Michael Kimmelman stirred up a hornet's nest recently when he called the 24 artists ...
	IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1897:An Apotheosis International Herald Tribune; 6/27/1997; 88 words; International Herald Tribune 06-27-1997 LONDON The inner meaning of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee apotheosis can be found in what the English have succeeded in making of the sovereign, that redoubtable and yet necessary being who might ...
	The apotheosis of American democracy. Independent Review; 6/22/2006; Montanye, James A.; 5942 words; ... nation (Bloom 1992). Another is the apotheosis of American democracy itself. American ... perspicacious thinkers have observed the apotheosis phenomenon over several decades. Among ... Apotheosized Democracy Attributing the apotheosis of American democracy solely to economic ...
	Cantus arcticus.1 Autumn Gardens.2 Piano Concerto No. 1: Molto vivace.3 Clarinet Concerto: Adagio assai.4 Symphony No. 7, "Angel of Light": Come un sogno.5 Vigilia.6 Apotheosis.7 Adagio celeste.8 Flute Concerto: Allegro.9 True and False Unicorn.10 Anadyomene.11 Piano Concerto No. 3: Energico.12 Symphony No. 1: Poetico.13 In the shade of the willow.14 Angels and Visitations15 Fanfare; 3/1/2007; Clarke, Colin; 674 words; ... Concerto No. 1: Molto vivace.3 Clarinet Concerto: Adagio assai.4 Symphony No. 7, "Angel of Light": Come un sogno.5 Vigilla.6 Apotheosis.7 Adagio celeste.8 Flute Concerto: Allegro.9 True and False Unicorn.10 Anadyomene.11 Piano Concerto No. 3: Energico.12 Symphony ...