Обредите на Бромиос според епиграфски сведения
The Rites of Bromios According to Epigraphic Evidence

Summary/Abstract: The study presents a multi-faceted and detailed analysis of the ritual practices in honour of Bromios and the beliefs connected with them. Bromios is a popular epithet of Dionysos in the ancient written and epigraphic monuments dated between the 6th century BC and the 4th century. The epithet Bromios (“Noisy”) has different interpretations that usually follow the link to the noise of the Dionysian festivities proposed by Diodorus (I, 61), but there are also opinions that it was an epiclesis of Dionysos. The author of the present study supports the theory of a possible cult use of the name. The analysis of the texts containing the name Bromios indicates that most of them mention Bromios in an unambiguous ritual context. The proposed analysis focuses on the reconstruction of elements of the rituals connected with Bromios on the basis of epigraphic evidence as a relatively direct source on the cult reality. Arguments are presented in support of the idea of associations of Bromios rites and beliefs with other mysterial cults, above all with the Orphic rites and with the cult of the Kabeiroi, emphasising that it is possible to identify separate elements that are specifically characteristic of the Bromios mysteries. One of their most important specificities is that the mysterial logos and rite were apparently not subject to such a strict secrecy, unlike the Orphic, Eleusinian and Cabiric mysteries.

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