This book deals with the making and the reuses of the divine words which were ascribed to Apollo in the first centuries of our era. This comprehensive and historical approach analyses the oracles of Apollo according to the various contexts ancient authors used to resort to the sacred words. This study of the sacred texts reveals in an original manner the cultural, political, and religious life of pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire. *** Ce livre est une etude historique de l'ensemble des oracles attribues a Apollon aux premiers siecles de notre ere. Il envisage successivement les enjeux...
This book deals with the making and the reuses of the divine words which were ascribed to Apollo in the first centuries of our era. This comprehensive...
In Religious Practices and Christianization of the Late Antique City, historians, archaeologists and historians of religion provide studies of the phenomenon of the Christianization of the Roman Empire within the context of the transformations and eventual decline of the Greco-Roman city. The eleven papers brought together here aim to describe the possible links between religious, but also political, economic and social mutations engendered by Christianity and the evolution of the antique city. Combining a multiplicity of sources and analytical approaches, this book seeks to measure...
In Religious Practices and Christianization of the Late Antique City, historians, archaeologists and historians of religion provide studies of ...
