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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">documentation</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">История и архивы</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>History and Archives</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2658-6541</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.28995/2658-6541-2026-8-2-27-41</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">documentation-585</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ВСЕОБЩАЯ ИСТОРИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>WORLD HISTORY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>«Deus ex machina»: к вопросу о связи между культами Асклепия и Гликона</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>“Deus ex machina”: re-evaluating the relationship between the cults of Asclepius and Glykon</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5482-6360</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Спирина</surname><given-names>Т. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Spirina</surname><given-names>T. Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Татьяна Ю. Спирина, аспирант</p><p>119234, Москва, Ломоновский пр-кт, д. 27, корп. 4; 119334, Москва, Ленинский пр., д. 32А</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Tatyana Yu. Spirina, postgraduate student</p><p>27-4, Lomonosovsky Av., Moscow, Russia, 119234; 32A, Leninsky Av., Moscow, Russia, 119334</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">spirina-ty@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова;&#13;
Институт всеобщей истории РАН</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Lomonosov Moscow State University; &#13;
Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>13</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>27</fpage><lpage>42</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Спирина Т.Ю., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Спирина Т.Ю.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Spirina T.Y.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://documentation.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/585">https://documentation.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/585</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье рассматривается культ Гликона, возникший во II в. н. э. в Малой Азии. Автор анализирует устоявшийся в научной литературе тезис о том, что Гликон по характеру иконографии и культовой практики был новым воплощением бога-врачевателя Асклепия. Цель исследования – выявить подлинные истоки и специфику данного религиозного феномена. На основе сопоставительного анализа литературных данных с археологическими и нумизматическими материалами делается следующий вывод: лечебные практики, связанные с почитанием Гликона, а также его иконография, не только не находят параллелей в культе Асклепия, но часто ему прямо противоречат. Доказывается, что ключевые элементы имеют более явные аналоги в восточных, сиро-фригийских верованиях. Таким образом, синкретизм Гликона проявлялся в том, что образ, имя и символика Асклепия служили инструментом легитимации местных малоазийских верований и магических практик. Это было сделано для увеличения популярности божества как среди местного населения, так и среди эллинизированной элиты, почитавшей общегреческого богацелителя. Таким образом, в статье подвергается сомнению единообразный подход «Гликон – новый Асклепий» и демонстрируются механизмы религиозного синкретизма в Малой Азии.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines the cult of Glykon, which emerged in the 2nd century AD in Asia Minor. The author analyzes the established scholarly thesis that Glykon, by the nature of his iconography and cult practices, was a new incarnation of the healing god Asclepius. The aim of the study is to identify the genuine origins and the specific nature of this cult. Based on a comparative analysis of the literary data and the archaeological and numismatic evidence, the following conclusion is drawn: the healing practices within the Glykon cult, as well as its iconography, do not only find any parallels in the cult of Asclepius but often directly contradict it. It is proven that the key elements of the cult have more obvious analogies in Eastern, Syro-Phrygian cults. Thus, the Glykon cult was a syncretic phenomenon in which the image, name, and symbolism of Asclepius were used to legitimize the local Anatolian beliefs and magical practices. This was done to appeal to both the local population and the Hellenized elite, who revered the pan-Hellenic healing god. Consequently, the article challenges the uniform approach of “Glykon as the new Asclepius” and demonstrates the mechanisms of religious syncretism in Asia Minor.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Гликон</kwd><kwd>Асклепий</kwd><kwd>синкретизм</kwd><kwd>Лукиан</kwd><kwd>религиозная медицина</kwd><kwd>Абонутейх</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Glykon</kwd><kwd>Asclepius</kwd><kwd>syncretism</kwd><kwd>Lucian</kwd><kwd>religious medicine</kwd><kwd>Abonoteichos</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в рамках гранта РНФ № 24-78-10152 «Этнокультурное взаимодействие в Средиземноморье IV–I вв. до н. э.: политика, религия и интеллектуальная жизнь (Италия, Египет, Малая Азия)».</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; Project “Ethnocultural Interaction in the Mediterranean from the 4th to the 1st Century BCE: Politics, Religion, and Intellectual Life (Italy, Egypt, Asia Minor)”, no. 24-78-10152.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Пролыгина 2018 – Пролыгина И.В. 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