Diipetes Explained

Diipetes are objects, likely meteorite fragments, with coincidental human and animal forms, venerated in Ancient Greece as "thrown by the gods".[1] See also Acheiropoetos (literally ‘not-made-by-hand’), an early Judeo-Christian tradition, and icon.[2]

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Other uses

The Diipetes Journal is a quarterly journal in Greek published in Greece covering classical paganism and Hellenic polytheism since 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Gogola . Matej . 2018-12-30 . Prolegomena to the Christian Images Not Made by Human Hands . Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe . en . 8 . 121–137 . 10.18778/2084-140X.08.07 . 2449-8378. free . 11089/26924 . free .
  2. Zchomelidse . Nino . 2010 . THE AURA OF THE NUMINOUS AND ITS REPRODUCTION: MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS OF THE SAVIOR IN ROME AND LATIUM . Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome . 55 . 221–263 . 0065-6801.

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