Template:Short descriptionTemplate:CleanupTemplate:Wikt Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (Sōtḗr), meaning a saviour, a deliverer. The feminine form is Soteira (Σώτειρα, Sṓteira) or sometimes Soteria (Σωτηρία, Sōtería).
Soter was used as:
- A title of gods: Poseidon Soter, Zeus Soter, Dionysus Soter, Apollo Soter, Hades Soter, Helios Soter, Athena Soteira, Asclepius Soter, and Hecate Soteira.
- The name of a distinct mythical figure, Soter (daimon)
- An epithet of several Hellenistic rulers:
- Antigonus Monophthalmus (382–301 BCE), awarded the title for liberating Athens from Cassander
- Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt (reigned 323 –283 BCE)
- Attalus I Soter, the ruler of the Kingdom of Pergamon (reigned 241–197 BCE)
- Antiochus I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 281 –261 BCE)
- Demetrius I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 161–150 BCE)
- Menander I Soter, ruler of the Indo-Greek kingdom (reigned c. 165/155 –130 BCE)
- Hermaeus Soter, a western Indo-Greek king (reigned 90–70 BCE)
- Diomedes Soter
- Dionysios Soter
- Polyxenos Epiphanes Soter
- Rabbel II Soter
- Seleucus III Ceraunus
- Ptolemy IX (died 81 BCE), twice king of Ptolemaic Egypt
- Diodotus I
- Strato II
- Strato I
- a title of liberators (see also eleutherios (disambiguation)
- a title of Jesus of Nazareth, which came into use some time after the death of Paul the Apostle,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> most particularly in the fish acronym
- the term "God our Saviour" (Template:Langx, dative) occurs several times in the New Testament, in the Epistle of Jude,<ref>Template:Bibleverse: New Revised Standard Version</ref> 1 Timothy and Titus.
- Pope Soter, Template:Reign.
See alsoEdit
- Hellenistic religion
- Messiah
- Soteria (disambiguation)
- Soteriology, the study of salvation; in Christian contexts, the branch of Christology dealing with Jesus' capacity as Saviour of humankind
- Sozusa (disambiguation)