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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">steps</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Шаги/Steps</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Shagi / Steps</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2412-9410</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2782-1765</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id custom-type="edn" pub-id-type="custom">LAUOWD</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">steps-1166</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>КОММЕНТАРИИ К ДРЕВНЕМУ ТЕКСТУ: СТАРЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ И НОВЫЕ ПОДХОДЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>COMMENTARIES TO CLASSICAL TEXTS: OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW APPROACHES</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>О культе Эрота в Северном Причерноморье</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>On the cult of Eros in the North Pontic Region</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1197-7493</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Макаров</surname><given-names>И. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Makarov</surname><given-names>I. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Игорь Анатольевич Макаров, кандидат исторических наук старший научный сотрудник, отдел сравнительного изучения древних цивилизаций; старший научный сотрудник, отдел античной литературы</p><p>119334, Москва, Ленинский пр-т, д. 32а</p><p>121069, Москва, ул. Поварская, д. 25а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Igor Anatol’evich Makarov, Cand. Sci. (History) Senior Researcher, Department of Comparative Studies of Ancient Civilizations; Senior Researcher, Department of Classical Literature</p><p>119334, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 32a</p><p>121069, Moscow, Povarskaya Str., 25a, Bld. 1</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ig.a.makarov@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Институт всеобщей истории РАН ; Институт мировой литературы им. А. М. Горького РАН<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences ; A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>162</fpage><lpage>172</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Макаров И.А., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Макаров И.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Makarov I.A.</copyright-holder><license 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://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/1166">https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/1166</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена фрагментарно сохранившейся надписи, найденной при раскопках Херсонеса Таврического в районе куртины XIX городской оборонительной стены. Согласно предлагаемой реконструкции, памятник представляет собой посвящение Эроту и является первым бесспорным письменным свидетельством существования культа Эрота в Северном Причерноморье. Посвящение сделано гражданином, исполнявшим эпонимную должность басилея и одновременно являвшимся жрецом Партенос, верховной богини Херсонеса. Упомянутая в надписи редкая культовая эпиклеза Ἑταιρεῖος («Гетерий», или «Товарищеский») применительно к Эроту ранее не встречалась в античной традиции. Функции Эрота Гетерия как божества — гаранта гражданской солидарности оказались востребованы в условиях политического кризиса рубежа IV–III в. до н. э., который получил отражение в гражданской присягe херсонеситов (IOSPE I2 401). Одним из главных мотивов этого документа является необходимость поддержания ὁμόνοια («единомыслия»), т. е. гражданской солидарности и внутреннего единства полиса.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This paper deals with the publication of a fragmentary inscription discovered during the 1990 excavations by I. A. Antonova of the 19th curtain wall of Tauric Chersonese. According to the proposed reconstruction, the monument is a dedication to Eros and represents the first indisputable written evidence of the cult of Eros in the North Pontic (North Black Sea) region. The text reads as follows: “[So-and-so, son of so-and-so,] fulfilling the duties of a king, being a priest, [for the salvation of the city?] dedicated to Eros Hetaireios”. The dedication was made by a citizen who held the eponymous office of basileus and was also a priest of Parthenos, the supreme goddess of Tauric Chersonese. The rare cult epiclesis Ἑταιρεῖος (“Hetaireios” or “Friendly”) mentioned in the inscription was not previously attested in connection with Eros in the ancient tradition. The functions of Eros Hetaireios as a deity-guarantor of civic solidarity were in demand during the political crisis of the late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC, which was reflected in the civic oath of the Chersonesites (IOSPE I2 401). One of the main motives of this document is the need to maintain ὁμόνοια (“unanimity”), that is, civic solidarity and internal unity of the polis.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>древнегреческая религия</kwd><kwd>Северное Причерноморье</kwd><kwd>Херсонес Таврический</kwd><kwd>греческая эпиграфика</kwd><kwd>культ Эрота</kwd><kwd>культ Зевса</kwd><kwd>эпиклеза</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ancient Greek religion</kwd><kwd>North Pontic Region</kwd><kwd>Tauric Chersonese</kwd><kwd>Greek epigraphy</kwd><kwd>cult of Eros</kwd><kwd>cult of Zeus</kwd><kwd>epiclesis</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement>Исследование выполнено при поддержке гранта РНФ № 24-18-01037 «Проблемы комментирования классических древнегреческих текстов» (2024–2026).</funding-statement></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>The research was supported by RSCF grant no. 24-18-01- 037, “Problems of Commenting on Classical Ancient Greek Texts” (2024–2026).</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">Макаров 2001 — Макаров И. 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