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1 online resource (xxxiv, 408 pages) |
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Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 6 |
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Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 6
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments vii -- Abbreviations ix -- Contributors xiii -- Introduction xvi -- Concerning Transliteration xl -- I. Protesilaos: The Witness of the Heroes -- Singing Heroes-The Poetics of Hero Cult in the Heroikos, by Corinne Ondine Pache 2 -- Hero Worship and Christian Beliefs: Observations from the History of Religion on Philostratus's Heroikos, by Hans Dieter Betz 35 -- Illuminating the Classics with the Heroes of Philostratus, by Casey Du♯ and Gregory Nagy 68 -- Apollonius of Tyana, Hero and Holy Man, by Christopher Jones 104 -- Transferring the Cults of Heroes in Ancient Greece: A Political and Religious Act, by Alain Blomart 118 -- Jason, Hypsipyle, and New Fire at Lemnos: A Study in Myth and Ritual, by Walter Burkert 143 -- II. The Vinedresser: Strategies for the Construction of Culture -- Refuting Homer in the Heroikos of Philostratus, by Francesca Mestre 183 -- Living in the Past: Allusive Narratives & Elusive Authorities in the World of the Heroikos, by Jeffrey Rusten 204 -- Material Witness: An Archaeological Context for the Heroikos, by Susan E. Alcock 231 -- Philostratus's Heroikos and Early Christianity: Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs, by Jackson P. Hershbell 245 -- The Heroikos and Popular Christianity in the Third Century C.E., by James C. Skedros 263 -- Jesus as Cult Hero in the Fourth Gospel, by Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean 281 -- III. The Phoenician: Hellenes and Foreigners -- Philostratus's Heroikos and the Regions of the Northern Aegean, by Simone Follet 318 -- The Harvest of Wisdom: Landscape, Description, and Identity in the Heroikos, by Tim Whitmarsh 343 -- The ai]noi of the Heroikos and the Unfolding Transformation of the Phoenician Merchant, by Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean 362 -- Why a Phoenician?: A Proposal for the Historical Occasion for the Heroikos, by Ellen Bradshaw Aitken 383 -- The Reception of the Hellenic Past Under the Late Severans and Its Impact Upon Late Arsacid and Early Sasanian Political Ideologies, by M. Rahim Shayegan 410 -- Beyond the Euphrates in Severan Times: Mani, Bar Daysan, and the Struggle for Allegiance on the Syrian Frontier, by Sidney H. Griffith 460 -- Bibliography 486 -- Index of Ancient Writings ## -- Subject Index ## |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-368) and indexes |
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Print version record |
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Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century. Heroicus.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85185871
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Protesilaus (Mythological character) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014126509
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Protesilaus (Mythological character) fast (OCoLC)fst01079789 |
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Heroicus (Philostratus, the Athenian) fast (OCoLC)fst01358483 |
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Dialogues, Greek -- History and criticism
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Civilization, Greco-Roman, in literature.
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Trojan War -- Literature and the war
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Christianity and literature -- Rome
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Religion and literature -- Rome
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Religion in literature.
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Heroes in literature.
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Christianity and literature.
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Civilization, Greco-Roman, in literature.
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Dialogues, Greek.
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Heroes in literature.
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Religion and literature.
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Religion in literature.
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Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
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Languages & Literatures.
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Rome (Empire)
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-
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Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-2014.
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| LC no. |
2004016062 |
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