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grbs-5021	Kearsley, R. A.	Asiarchs, Archiereis, and the Archiereiai of Asia	1986	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5244	201	61	Further, it has been established that the imperial cult in Asia, although centered on a Roman emperor, remained essentially Greek in character.4 But proponents of honorary archiereiai have not at- 1 The following will be cited by author's name: E. BEURLIER, Essai sur Ie culte rendu aux empereurs romains (Paris 1890); v. CHAPOT, La province romaine proconsulaire d'Asie (Paris 1904); J. DEININGER, Die Provinziallandtage der romischen Kaiserzeit (Munich 1965); D. MAGIE, Roman Rule in Asia Minor (Princeton 1950); S. R. PRICE, Rituals and Power (Cambridge 1984); M. ROSSNER, Asiarchen und Archiereis Asi­ as, StudClas 16 (1974) 101-42; J. M. I. WEST, Asiarchs (B.Litt. It has not yet been resolved whether the high priesthood of the imperial cult of Asia took the form of a hierarchy with a sole high priest for the entire province assisted by deputies in the various cities where there were temples of the provincial cult (Cha­ pot 470), simply a sole high priest of the province (Magie 1297f), or a board of several KEARSLEY, R. A., Asiarchs, Archiereis, and the Archiereiai of Asia , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 27:2 (1986:Summer) p.183 186 ASIARCHS, ARCHIEREIS, AND ARCHIEREIAI I propose to re-examine here a group of inscriptions with two pur­ poses in mind: first, to establish whether the archiereiai of Asia con­ stituted an exception to the normal Greek practice and were indeed dependent on a male consort for their title; 15 and second, to apply the answer to the problem of the relationship of the asiarch to the arch­ iereus of Asia.	cache/grbs-5021.pdf	txt/grbs-5021.txt