Inclusivism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Ancient Greece === [[Interpretatio graeca]] was the tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. [[Herodotus]], for example, refers to the ancient Egyptian gods Amon, Osiris, and Ptah as "Zeus," "Dionysus," and "Hephaestus." This could be seen an example of inclusivism, as could [[syncretism]]. [[Syncretism]] functioned as an essential feature of Ancient Greek religion. Later on, [[Hellenism (religion)|Hellenism]], a consequence of Alexander the Great's belief that he was the son of a god, reinforced by the [[Oracle of Zeus-Ammon]] at [[Siwa Oasis|Siwa]] in Egypt, itself showed syncretic features, essentially blending Persian, Anatolian, Egyptian (and eventually Etruscan-Roman) elements within Hellenic formulations. After the [[Hellenization]] of the Egyptian culture initiated by [[Ptolemy I Soter]], [[Isis#In the Greco-Roman world|Isis]] became known as "[[Queen of Heaven (antiquity)|Queen of Heaven]]" and worshipped in many aspects and by many names besides that of [[Hera]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page