Evklúí Patereí
Oscan · deity · Oscan Sabellic religion; pre Roman to Roman Italy · Recorded classification
Evklúí is called Patereí, father, which is the one thing about him the tablet states outright. The reference literature glosses him as Mercury or as Hades, and the fact that two such different identifications are both on offer is a fair measure of how little is known. What the Agnone Tablet gives is a named father-god receiving offerings in a sanctuary of grain, which points chthonic without settling anything further.
Variant accounts
- The identification of Evklúí is unsettled.Reference treatments gloss him as Mercury or as Hades — two quite different gods — and the disagreement reflects genuine uncertainty rather than a scribal problem. The record keeps the title 'father' and the chthonic placement, which the context supports, and does not choose between the glosses.Reference gloss of Evklui Paterei as Mercury or Hades. (secondary)
Domains
- underworld
Epithets
- PatereíAgnone Tablet, Evklúí Patereí — the title 'father'. (epigraphic)
Relations
- ally: Kerres, the grain goddessCo-honoured with Kerres in the Garden of Ceres at Agnone.Agnone Tablet — a recipient in the Garden of Ceres. (epigraphic)
Sources
- Evklúí Patereí, 'Father Evklúí', is a deity named among the recipients of the Garden of Ceres on the Agnone Tablet, glossed in the reference literature as a chthonic or messenger god.: Agnone Tablet (Tabula Osca), British Museum G_1873-0820-149. (epigraphic); Reference gloss of the Agnone list comparing Evklui Paterei with Mercury and with Hades. (secondary)