Format:
X, 878 S.
,
Ill
,
26 cm
ISBN:
9780199747276
,
019974727X
Content:
Pagans and polytheists -- From Constantius to Theodosius -- The Frigidus -- Priests and initiates -- Pagan converts -- Pagan writers -- Macrobius and the "pagan" culture of his age -- The poem against the pagans -- Other Christian verse invectives -- The real circle of Symmachus -- The "pagan" literary revival -- Correctors and critics I -- Correctors and critics II -- The Livian revival -- Greek texts and Latin translation -- Pagan scholarship : Vergil and his commentators -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II -- Classical revivals and "pagan" art -- The Historia Augusta -- Appendix, The Poem against the pagans
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 809 - 854) and index
,
Pagans and polytheists -- From Constantius to Theodosius -- The frigidus -- Pagan priests and initiates -- Pagan converts -- Pagan writers -- Macrobius and the 'pagan' culture of his age -- The poem against the pagans -- Other Christian invectives -- The real circle of Symmachus -- The 'pagan' literary revival -- Correctors and critics I -- Correctors and critics II -- The 'Livian revival' -- Greek texts and Latin translation -- Pagan scholarship : Vergil and his commentators -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II -- Classical revivals -- The Historia Augusta.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
;
Heidentum
;
Christentum
;
Geschichte 30-600
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=33533
