apotheosis
glorification of a subject to divine level
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Summary
apotheosis is an art genre[1]. apotheosis ranks in the top 2% of art genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,182 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: award[3], transformation[4], elevation[5]
- Subclass of: worship[6]
- Commons category: Apotheosis[7]
- Said to be the same as: deification[8]
- Opposite of: damnatio memoriae[9]
- Has part(s): Consecratio[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Apotheosis[11]
- Commons gallery: Apotheosis[12]
- Depicted by: Apotheosis of St Ursula[13], Apotheosis of Saint Gaetano Thieme[14], Apotheosis of Angelo della Vecchia[15]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[16], Encyclopedic Lexicon[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Pauly–Wissowa[24]
- Different from: Divinization[25]
- Hashtag: apotheosis[26]
Why It Matters
apotheosis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] apotheosis is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]