GODS AND CULTS IN ANATOLIA FROM HITTITE

This volume examines the evolution, adaptation and syncretism of
Anatolian deities across a diverse range of linguistic and cultural
contexts, including Hittite, Luwian, Carian, Lycian, Phrygian and
Greek traditions. Employing philological, linguistic, epigraphic
and archaeological methodologies, the contributions cover a broad
chronological span, from the second millennium BCE to the Roman
Imperial period. Key themes include prehistoric sacral hunting,
the iconography of the bull, divine epithets and ritual practices,
as well as the assimilation of local cults into the Greek
religious framework. Through close analysis of divine names and
cultic vocabulary in both textual and material sources, the volume
offers new insights into the processes of religious continuity, reinterpretation
and localization in ancient Anatolia. It constitutes a
substantial contribution to the study of ancient religion, Anatolian
and Greco-Roman studies, as well as Indo-European historical
linguistics.