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Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet Σωτήρ (Sōtḗr), meaning a saviour, a deliverer. The feminine form is Soteira (Σώτειρα, Sṓteira ) or sometimes Soteria (Σωτηρία, Sōtería ).
Soteriology (/ s oʊ ˌ t ɪr i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; Greek: σωτηρία sōtēria "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtēr "savior, preserver" and λόγος logos "study" or "word" [1]) is the study of religious doctrines of salvation.
In Greek mythology, Soter (Ancient Greek: Σωτήρ means 'saviour, deliverer') was the personification or daimon of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm.
Soteria's male counterpart was the spirit or daimon Soter. Both Zeus and Dionysus were titled Soter, so either may have been her father; her mother is unknown She had a sanctuary and a statue made in her honor in the town of Patrae, [2] which was believed to have been founded by Eurypylos of Thessaly. Various texts mention the creation of her ...
Attalus I (Ancient Greek: Ἄτταλος ' Attalos '), surnamed Soter (Greek: Σωτήρ, ' Savior '; 269–197 BC), [2] was the ruler of the Greek polis of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey) and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC.
When Ptolemy I Soter made himself king of Egypt, he created a new god, Serapis, to garner support from both Greeks and Egyptians. Serapis was the patron god of Ptolemaic Egypt, combining the Egyptian gods Apis and Osiris with the Greek deities Zeus, Hades, Asklepios , Dionysos, and Helios; he had powers over fertility, the sun, funerary rites ...
Soter (Kg 303–282 BC) Berenice I: Philip: Arsinoe II: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Kg. 285–246 BC) Arsinoe I: Magas of Cyrene: Apama II: Ptolemy III Euergetes (Kg ...
Hermaeus Soter (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαῖος ὁ Σωτήρ, Hermaîos ho Sōtḗr, meaning "Hermaeus the Saviour") was a Western Indo-Greek king of the Eucratid dynasty, who ruled the territory of Paropamisadae in the Hindu-Kush region, with his capital in Alexandria of the Caucasus (near today's Kabul, Afghanistan).