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

Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page vii)
  • Abbreviations (page ix)
  • Concerning Transliteration (page xiii)
  • Contributors (page xv)
  • Introduction (page xvii)
  • PART I. PROTESILAOS: THE WITNESS OF THE HEROES
    • Singing Heroes—The Poetics of Hero Cult in the Heroikos (Corinne Ondine Pache, page 3)
    • Hero Worship and Christian Beliefs: Observations from the History of Religion on Philostratus's Heroikos (Hans Dieter Betz, page 25)
    • Illuminating the Classics with the Heroes of Philostratus (Casey Dué and Gregory Nagy, page 49)
    • Apollonius of Tyana, Hero and Holy Man (Christopher Jones, page 75)
    • Transferring the Cults of Heroes in Ancient Greece: A Political and Religious Act (Alain Blomart, page 85)
    • Jason, Hypsipyle, and New Fire at Lemnos: A Study in Myth and Ritual (Walter Burkert, page 99)
  • PART II. THE VINEDRESSER: STRATEGIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CULTURE
    • Refuting Homer in the Heroikos of Philostratus (Francesca Mestre, page 127)
    • Living in the Past: Allusive Narratives and Elusive Authorities in the World of the Heroikos (Jeffrey Rusten, page 143)
    • Material Witness: An Archaeological Context for the Heroikos (Susan E. Alcock, page 159)
    • Philostratus's Heroikos and Early Christianity: Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs (Jackson P. Hershbell, page 169)
    • The Heroikos and Popular Christianity in the Third Century C.E. (James C. Skedros, page 181)
    • Jesus as Cult Hero in the Fourth Gospel (Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean, page 195)
  • PART III. THE PHOENICIAN: HELLENES AND FOREIGNERS
    • Philostratus's Heroikos and the Regions of the Northern Aegean (Simone Follet, page 221)
    • The Harvest of Wisdom: Landscape, Description, and Identity in the Heroikos (Time Whitmarsh, page 237)
    • The αἶνοɩ of the Heroikos and the Unfolding Transformation of the Phoenician Merchant (Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean, page 251)
    • Why a Phoenician? A Proposal for the Historical Occasion for the Heroikos (Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, page 267)
    • Philostratus's Heroikos and the Ideation of Late Severan Policy toward Arsacid and Sasanian Iran (M. Rahim Shayegan, page 285)
    • Beyond the Euphrates in Severan Times: Mani, Bar Daysan, and the Struggle for Allegiance on the Syrian Frontier (Sidney H. Griffith, page 317)
  • Bibliography (page 333)
  • Index of Ancient Writings (page 369)
  • Subject Index (page 389)
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Published: c2004
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9781589830912 (paper)
Series
  • Writings from the Greco-Roman World
Subject
  • European: Ancient to 400 C.E.
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