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Helden Am Himmel – Helden Im Himmel
Tanja S. Scheer Helden am Himmel – Helden im Himmel Sphärenwechsel zu den Sternen im griechischen Mythos Abstract: The Catasterisms of Pseudo-Eratosthenes and the Astronomia, written by an author named Hyginus are the most important extant sources concerning ancient Greek star-myths. Analysing these texts this paper discusses questions about the reasons and circumstances that lead mythical heroes and heroines to changing the earthly sphere for the heavens in Greek myth. Which conse- quences did these changes inflict on the protagonists concerned? What did it mean to be put among the stars? The texts allowed their audience a wide range of possibilities “to think with”, including divine compassion, gratitude and eternal memory of great deeds as well as presenting warning examples for man- kind on earth. Since when these examples were told, is difficult to assess. The case of the Arkadian heroine Callisto shows how strata of mythical subjects (mythische Stoffe) changed over the centuries. The Homeric Odysseus was told of the ‘Bear’ as an important heavenly constellation, but it seems that it took some centuries before the heroine Callisto reached the sky and this bear finally got a personal name. Authors like Pseudo-Eratosthenes and Hyginus do not express the belief that such a changing of spheres included a happy afterlife or immortal feasting in the presence of the Olympic gods. Nevertheless their read- ers were at liberty to hope for it. 1 Einführung: Himmelsbilder Nachdem Galileo Galilei im Jahr 1610 die Jupitermonde entdeckt hatte, stellten sich die neuzeitlichen Gelehrten in eine lange Tradition – als Fortschreiber des griechischen Mythos. -
Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults
Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults Edited by María José Martín-Velasco and María José García Blanco Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults Edited by María José Martín-Velasco and María José García Blanco This book first published 2016 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2016 by María José Martín-Velasco, María José García Blanco and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-8830-3 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-8830-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface..................................................................................................... vii María José Martín Velasco and María José García Blanco The Transformation of the Initiation Language of Mystery religions into Philosophical Terminology........................................................................ 1 Francesc Casadesús Aristotle and the Mysteries ..................................................................... 27 Alberto Bernabé Escathological Myth in Plato’s Gorgias.................................................. 43 António De Castro Caeiro The Echoes of Eleusis: Love and Initiation in the Platonic Philosophy -
ROUTES and COMMUNICATIONS in LATE ROMAN and BYZANTINE ANATOLIA (Ca
ROUTES AND COMMUNICATIONS IN LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE ANATOLIA (ca. 4TH-9TH CENTURIES A.D.) A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY TÜLİN KAYA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SETTLEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY JULY 2020 Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences Prof. Dr. Yaşar KONDAKÇI Director I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Prof. Dr. D. Burcu ERCİYAS Head of Department This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lale ÖZGENEL Supervisor Examining Committee Members Prof. Dr. Suna GÜVEN (METU, ARCH) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lale ÖZGENEL (METU, ARCH) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk SERİN (METU, ARCH) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe F. EROL (Hacı Bayram Veli Uni., Arkeoloji) Assist. Prof. Dr. Emine SÖKMEN (Hitit Uni., Arkeoloji) I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name : Tülin Kaya Signature : iii ABSTRACT ROUTES AND COMMUNICATIONS IN LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE ANATOLIA (ca. 4TH-9TH CENTURIES A.D.) Kaya, Tülin Ph.D., Department of Settlement Archaeology Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. -
Saturn As the “Sun of Night” in Ancient Near Eastern Tradition ∗
Saturn as the “Sun of Night” in Ancient Near Eastern Tradition ∗ Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs – Seongnam (Korea) Peter James – London [This article tackles two issues in the “proto-astronomical” conception of the planet Saturn, first attested in Mesopotamia and followed by the Greeks and Hindus: the long-standing problem of Saturn’s baffling association with the Sun; and why Saturn was deemed to be “black”. After an extensive consideration of explanations offered from the 5th century to the 21st, as well as some new “thought experiments”, we suggest that Saturn’s connection with the Sun had its roots in the observations that Saturn’s course appears to be the steadiest one among the planets and that its synodic period – of all the planets – most closely resembles the length of the solar year. For the black colour attributed to Saturn we propose a solution which is partly lexical and partly observational (due to atmospheric effects). Finally, some thoughts are offered on the question why in Hellenistic times some considered the “mock sun” Phaethon of Greek myth to have been Saturn]. Keywords: Saturn, planets, Sun, planet colour. 1. INTRODUCTION Since the late 19th century scholars have been puzzled by a conspicuous peculiarity in the Babylonian nomenclature for the planet Saturn: a number of texts refer to Saturn as the “Sun” ( dutu/20 or Šamaš ), instead of its usual astronomical names Kayam ānu and mul UDU.IDIM. 1 This curious practice was in vogue during the period c. 750-612 BC 2 and is not known from earlier periods, with a single possible exception, discussed below. -
The Poetics of Science: Intertextual and Metatextual Themes in Ovid's Depiction of Cosmic and Human Origins
Provided by the author(s) and NUI Galway in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite the published version when available. Title The poetics of science: intertextual and metatextual themes in Ovid's depiction of cosmic and human origins Author(s) Kelly, Peter Publication Date 2016-09-09 Item record http://hdl.handle.net/10379/6075 Downloaded 2021-09-28T20:42:11Z Some rights reserved. For more information, please see the item record link above. The Poetics of Science Intertextual and Metatextual Themes in Ovid’s Depiction of Cosmic and Human Origins By Peter M. J. Kelly A Thesis Submitted to the National University of Ireland, Galway in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Classics September 2016 Supervisor: Prof. Michael Clarke ii Preface This work explores ancient views of cosmogony and the material structure of the universe in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In particular it focuses on the way in which Ovid problematizes how we define myth and poetry versus science and philosophy. It examines how Ovid generates a parallel between the form and content of the text in order to depict a world where abstract scientific principles can become personified deities. This work will seek to reevaluate the impact of Greek Philosophy on Roman poetry through extending the series of intertexts which we may observe Ovid alluding to. Through following and analysing these sets of allusions this work will seek to gain an insight into Ovid’s depiction of the metatextual universe. iii iv For my Parents The scientist’s demand that nature shall be lawful is a demand for unity. -
Introduction: Medea in Greece and Rome
INTRODUCTION: MEDEA IN GREECE AND ROME A J. Boyle maiusque mari Medea malum. Seneca Medea 362 And Medea, evil greater than the sea. Few mythic narratives of the ancient world are more famous than the story of the Colchian princess/sorceress who betrayed her father and family for love of a foreign adventurer and who, when abandoned for another woman, killed in revenge both her rival and her children. Many critics have observed the com plexities and contradictions of the Medea figure—naive princess, knowing witch, faithless and devoted daughter, frightened exile, marginalised alien, dis placed traitor to family and state, helper-màiden, abandoned wife, vengeful lover, caring and filicidal mother, loving and fratricidal sister, oriental 'other', barbarian saviour of Greece, rejuvenator of the bodies of animals and men, killer of kings and princesses, destroyer and restorer of kingdoms, poisonous stepmother, paradigm of beauty and horror, demi-goddess, subhuman monster, priestess of Hecate and granddaughter of the sun, bride of dead Achilles and ancestor of the Medes, rider of a serpent-drawn chariot in the sky—complex ities reflected in her story's fragmented and fragmenting history. That history has been much examined, but, though there are distinguished recent exceptions, comparatively little attention has been devoted to the specifically 'Roman' Medea—the Medea of the Republican tragedians, of Cicero, Varro Atacinus, Ovid, the younger Seneca, Valerius Flaccus, Hosidius Geta and Dracontius, and, beyond the literary field, the Medea of Roman painting and Roman sculp ture. Hence the present volume of Ramus, which aims to draw attention to the complex and fascinating use and abuse of this transcultural heroine in the Ro man intellectual and visual world. -
Latin Literature 1
Latin Literature 1 Latin Literature The Project Gutenberg EBook of Latin Literature, by J. W. Mackail Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: Latin Literature Author: J. W. Mackail Release Date: September, 2005 [EBook #8894] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on August 21, 2003] Edition: 10 Latin Literature 2 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO−8859−1 *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LATIN LITERATURE *** Produced by Distributed Proofreaders LATIN LITERATURE BY J. W. MACKAIL, Sometime Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford A history of Latin Literature was to have been written for this series of Manuals by the late Professor William Sellar. After his death I was asked, as one of his old pupils, to carry out the work which he had undertaken; and this book is now offered as a last tribute to the memory of my dear friend and master. -
Thésaurus De La Désignation Des Objets Mobiliers
DOCUMENTS & MÉTHODES I n° 8 (réédition revue et complétée) THÉSAURUS DE LA DÉSIGNATION DES OBJETS MOBILIERS Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication THÉSAURUS DE LA DÉSIGNATION DES OBJETS MOBILIERS Sous la direction de Philippe Vergain I Par Isabelle Duhau I avec la collaboration de Catherine Chaplain-Manigand, Jean Davoigneau, Luc Fournier I Référentiel publié par La mission de l’Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, direction générale des patrimoines, service du patrimoine ministère de la Culture et de la Communication ISSN 1150-1383 ISBN 978-2-11-13 8743-0 Mai 2014 introduction Le Thésaurus de la désignation des objets mobiliers a été mis en ligne au deuxième trimestre 2014 sur la plateforme de diffusion des vocabulaires du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication GINCO (http://data.culture. fr/thesaurus/). Publié sous la licence Creative Commons CC-BY-SA, il peut être librement et gratuitement consulté en ligne, téléchargé au format SKOS, interrogé par des machines au moyen du langage de requête SPARQL, enfin, bientôt imprimé aux formats txt ou pdf. Une version pdf sera par ailleurs consultable sur le site du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication ainsi que sur la plateforme d’archivage pérenne HAL (archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire). Cette publication constitue la réédition, revue et complétée, du volume élaboré par l’Inventaire général des monuments et richesses artistiques de la France et édité en 2001 : France. Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France. Thésaurus des objets mobiliers. Réd. Aline Magnien ; collab. Renaud Benoit-Cattin, Henri Chamoux, Catherine Chaplain, Jacques Corbion, Jean Davoigneau, Catherine Duboy-Lahonde, Michel Noël, Marc Pabois ; dir. -
Download The
THE SIBYLLINE BOOKS by LANCE WALLACE CAMP B.A., University of Calgary, 1966 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of Classics We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA May, 1968. In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and Study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by hits representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Lance W. Camp Department of Classics The University of British Columbia Vancouver 8, Canada Date May 28th, 1968 ABSTRACT The sibylline books, though dismissed by J. G. Frazer* as a "convenient farrago of nonsense"1, were nevertheless one of the most significant influences in the political and religious life of Rome during the Republic. This study has, as its1 objective, a discussion of the history of ithese books during the Republic between 753 and 12 B. G. It is; based, for the most part, on a discussion of all consultations recorded dur• ing this period; emphasis is placed on the reasons for con• sultation, and, in particular, the nature and influence of the sibylline recommendations. Special importance is attached to consultations whose nature and results reveal the sibylline books as a political instrument manipulated by those who con• trolled them. -
The Sundered Eagle Contains Full Details of the Tribunal of Thebes
Once-proud Constantinople has been ravaged by bloodthirsty Crusaders, and has sunken into depravity and ruin. With the fall of the blessed city, ancient magical bindings maintained by Roman relics of the defeated Empire are now shattered and broken, releasing beasts and demons to roam the land. Tales of unseasonal happenings draw eager hunters and curious Seekers alike. Meanwhile, the magi of the Theban Tribunal and their supernatural patrons devote their efforts to maintaining the peace. They struggle against divisions that mirror the age-old battles of the Titans and Olympian gods, who even now stir among their ancient temples and sanctuaries. The Sundered Eagle contains full details of the Tribunal of Thebes. The lands of ancient Greece and Asia Minor are the home of epic legends and mighty gods of both Faerie and Magic, while the Byzantine Empire has its own myths. The Theban Tribunal’s magi and covenants, who govern themselves according to the democratic institutions of ancient Athens, live among plentiful sites of power. Both mundane and supernatural struggles for supremacy over these lands challenge characters to negotiate a maze of Byzantine schemes. Each faction will have AG0295 • ISBN 1-58978-116-3 the chance to restore peace and unity to the eastern Empire, under its own banner! AG0295 • ISBN 1-58978-116-3 • $29.95 52995 9 781589 781160 WWW.ATLAS-GAMES.COM ©2010 Trident, Inc. All rights reserved. The Sundered Eagle Credits AUTHORS: Christian Jensen-Romer, Matt Ryan, Mark Shirley, AUTHOR BIOS & Andrew Smith DEVELOPMENT, EDITING, & PROJECT MANAGEMENT: David Chart LAYOUT: Roberta A. Olson & Michelle Nephew Chris Jensen-Romer knows little Latin, and less Greek. -
Between Old and New Rome
Jonas Thungren Lindbärg “A burdensome matter it is today to abandon the delicate and subtle customs of the Latin people, i.e. the Franks, and to return to the Between Old and New Rome dullness of the old Armenians.” Thus wrote the Armenian archbishop Nerses, not without a hint of Armenian and Bulgarian Contacts with the Papacy around 1204 sarcasm, when defending his endeavour to unite the Armenian Church with the Roman in the late twelfth century. What this old dullness was is less clear but it seems that Latin customs had indeed become both Jonas Thungren Lindbärg desirable and powerful, for this ecumenical endeavour met with success and only a handful of years later something similar occured in the Between Old and New Rome Old and New Between Balkans, when a newly founded Bulgarian empire submitted to the Roman Church as well. The rulers of these realms would not only profess their loyalty to the Roman Church but would also carry papal banners into battle and exchange letters with the pope. This study examines how these rulers used their relationships with the Papacy, as well as how the pope used his relationship with them. It is a study of ideas and of symbolic power, of how kingdoms and empires were imagined and expressed. It is a study of the new and the old, of two new power-centres emerging from the old peripheries of the crumbling Byzantine Empire, of leaders weaving together real and imagined histories with new influences in order to establish and profess their legitimate rule. ISBN 978-91-7911-504-3 Department of Culture and Aesthetics Doctoral Thesis in History of Ideas at Stockholm University, Sweden 2021 Between Old and New Rome Armenian and Bulgarian Contacts with the Papacy around 1204 Jonas Thungren Lindbärg Academic dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of Ideas at Stockholm University to be publicly defended on Monday 14 June 2021 at 13.00 online via Zoom, public link is available at the department website. -
Latm Literature
PR EFA CE . A HISTORY of Latin Literature was to have been written for this series of Manuals by the late Professor William S . A I ellar fter his death was asked, as one of his old h pupils, to carry out the work which e had undertaken ; and this book is now offered as a last tribute to the memory of my dear friend and master. M. J . W. CO NT ENT S . Andronicus and Naevius Ennius Pacuvius Dec ay ‘ The Ear ly j ur ists Cato The Sc ipionic Circ l e r Lru Cinna and Cal vus Cle f-mo PAGE ’ ‘ PRO ERTI US AND THE ELEGI SI S . III . P - T bu us Augustan Trage dy Callus Prope rtius i ll m I V. Ov . Juli a and Sulpic ia Ovid VY V . LI TANs. VI . THE LESSER AuGUS —Tro Minor Aug ustan Poetry Manilius Phae dr us gus and Pate rculus Ce lsus The Elder Se ne ca THE EMPI RE. LUCA PET RONI Us . THE ROME OF NERO : SENECA, N , Se neca Lucan Pe rsius Col um e lla Pe tronius VE GE S US THE ELDER P Y MAR THE SI L R A : TATI , LIN , U . TIAL, Q INTILIAN — — — Stati us Silius I talic us Martial The Elde r Pliny —~ Qui ntilian TACI TUs III . ’ UVENAL TH E YOUNGER P Y SUEI‘O NI US : DECA or I V. J , LIN , Y CLASSI CAL L ATIN . — Juve nal The Younge r Pliny Sue tonius Aul us C e llins “ ” THE ELOCUTI O NOVELLA.