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Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.92.5

nan Finally the drinking was over and the start of the games set for the following day. While it was still dark, the multitude of spectators hastened into the theatre and at sunrise the parade formed. Along with lavish display of every sort, Philip included in the procession statues of the twelve gods wrought with great artistry and adorned with a dazzling show of wealth to strike awe in the beholder, and along with these was conducted a thirteenth statue, suitable for a god, that of Philip himself, so that the king exhibited himself enthroned among the twelve gods.

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1. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 1.31 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
2. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 11.49.2, 11.49.4, 16.95.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) 11.49.2.  This he did out of a desire, not only that he might have a substantial help ready at hand for any need that might arise, but also that from the recently founded state of ten thousand men he might receive the honours accorded to heroes. And the Naxians and Catanians whom he had removed from their native states he transferred to Leontini and commanded them to make their homes in that city along with the native population. 11.49.4.  These citizens lived together on good terms in the state for fifty-eight years; but at the expiration of this period the city was conquered and razed to the ground by the Carthaginians and has remained without inhabitants to this day. 16.95.1.  Such was the end of Philip, who had made himself the greatest of the kings in Europe in his time, and because of the extent of his kingdom had made himself a throned companion of the twelve gods. He had ruled twenty-four years.
3. Plutarch, Lysander, 18.3-18.4 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.20.9 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) 5.20.9. These I saw myself as they were being dug out. A temple of no great size in the Doric style they have called down to the present day Metroum, “Temple of the Mother.” keeping its ancient name. No image lies in it of the Mother of the gods, but there stand in it statues of Roman emperors. The Metroum is within the Altis, and so is a round building called the Philippeum. On the roof of the Philippeum is a bronze poppy which binds the beams together.

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
actors	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
aeschylus,dramas by\n,women of aetna	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
alexander iii (the great) of macedon,and dionysus	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
alexander iii (the great) of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
apollo	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
attalids	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
autocrats/autocracy see also dionysus,monarchy,satyrplay,tragedy,tyrants\n,and divinity	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
clearchus of heraclea	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
demetrius poliorcetes (the besieger)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysius i of syracuse,and dionysus	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysius i of syracuse,and euripides	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysius i of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysius ii of syracuse,dionysiokolakes	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysius ii of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysus,and autocrats	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
dionysus,and dionysius i	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
eubulus (comic poet),dionysius	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
euripides (tragic poet),and dionysius i	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
euripides (tragic poet),writing materials of	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
hieron i of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
nicagoras (tyrant of zeleia)	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
philip ii of macedon	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30; Jim (2022), Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece, 170
philistus of syracuse	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
ptolemies,and dionysus	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
ptolemies	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
ptolemy i soter	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
seleucids	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
technitai (artists of dionysus),supporting royal ideology'	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30
zeus	Csapo et al. (2022), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World, 30