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Philostratus's Heroikos: religion and cultural identity in the third century C.E.

Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-, Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-

Year: c2004.

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature.

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Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Concerning Transliteration

Contributors

Introduction

PART I. PROTESILAOS: THE WITNESS OF THE HEROES

Singing Heroes—The Poetics of Hero Cult in the Heroikos

Hero Worship and Christian Beliefs: Observations from the History of Religion on Philostratus's Heroikos

Illuminating the Classics with the Heroes of Philostratus

Apollonius of Tyana, Hero and Holy Man

Transferring the Cults of Heroes in Ancient Greece: A Political and Religious Act

Jason, Hypsipyle, and New Fire at Lemnos: A Study in Myth and Ritual

PART II. THE VINEDRESSER: STRATEGIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CULTURE

Refuting Homer in the Heroikos of Philostratus

Living in the Past: Allusive Narratives and Elusive Authorities in the World of the Heroikos

Material Witness: An Archaeological Context for the Heroikos

Philostratus's Heroikos and Early Christianity: Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs

The Heroikos and Popular Christianity in the Third Century C.E.

Jesus as Cult Hero in the Fourth Gospel

PART III. THE PHOENICIAN: HELLENES AND FOREIGNERS

Philostratus's Heroikos and the Regions of the Northern Aegean

The Harvest of Wisdom: Landscape, Description, and Identity in the Heroikos

The αἶνοɩ of the Heroikos and the Unfolding Transformation of the Phoenician Merchant

Why a Phoenician? A Proposal for the Historical Occasion for the Heroikos

Philostratus's Heroikos and the Ideation of Late Severan Policy toward Arsacid and Sasanian Iran

Beyond the Euphrates in Severan Times: Mani, Bar Daysan, and the Struggle for Allegiance on the Syrian Frontier

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Writings

Subject Index

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Title:

Philostratus's Heroikos : religion and cultural identity in the third century C.E. / edited by Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean.

Author:

Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-; Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-

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Philostratus's Heroikos : religion and cultural identity in the third century C.E. / edited by Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean.
Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-, Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, c2004.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07759

Subject Headings:

• Philostratus, -- the Athenian, -- 2nd/3rd cent. -- Heroicus
• Dialogues, Greek -- History and criticism
• Civilization, Greco-Roman, in literature
• Trojan War -- Literature and the war
• Christianity and literature -- Rome
• Religion and literature -- Rome
• Protesilaus (Greek mythology)
• Religion in literature
• Heroes in literature

Notes:

• Most of the essays in this volume were first presented at a conference held in May 2001 at Harvard Divinity School, "Philostratus's Heroikos, Religion and Cultural Identity."
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