Hosios

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviated Sources

1. Introduction
1 hosios & cognates
2 Research Questions and Goals
3 A Theory of Meaning
4 Outline and Sources

2. The Semantics of ὅσιος - A Preliminary Investigation
1 Distribution
2 Internal Organisation of the Semantic Network
3 ὅσιος on an Evaluative Scale
4 The Cultural Frame(s)
5 The Appearance of a Mentality?
6 Conclusion

3. ὅσιος vs. εὐσεβής
1 Actions vs. Attitudes?
2 hosios & cognates vs. eusebes & cognates: Distributions
3 Affect in Disqualification
4 Conclusion

4. ὅσιος vs. δίκαιος
1 Pleasing Gods and Pleasing Humans
2 hosios & cognates vs. dikaios & cognates: Frames
3 The Fine-Tuning of Evaluative Vocabulary
4 Conclusion

5. Pious Gods - The Marked Usage of ὅσιος for Divinities
1 Markedness
2 ὅσιος and ἀνόσιος Gods
3 Conclusion

6. ὅσιος vs. ∅ - Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms
1 Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms
2 Cultural Knowledge of the Unwritten Norm
3 ὁσία and ὅσιος in the Context of Ritual Practice in Literary Texts
4 Two Ideal Types of Sacred Law
5 Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms with Other Sanctions
6 Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms without Other Sanctions
7 Conclusion

7. The Semantic Paradox
1 ‘Sacred’, ‘Pious’ and ‘Profane’
2 Three Famous Cases of the Semantic Paradox
3 The Semantic Paradox in the Set Phrase ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια
4 The Semantic Paradox in Denominative Verb Forms
5 Semantic Paradox or Marked Language? Hermes Confused
6 Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index of Greek Terms
General Index