Julian's Gods
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Aelius Aristides
Author_Rowland B. E. Smith
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Chaldaean Oracles
Contemporary Cynics
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Eleusinian Initiations
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fourth century Roman religion studies
Greek philosophical tradition
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hymns
Julian's Argument
Julian's Case
Julian's Day
Julian's Eyes
Julian's Initiation
Julian's Interest
Julian's Reign
Julian’s Argument
Julian’s Case
Julian’s Day
king
King Helios
late antiquity
Mithraic Cult
Mithraic Initiate
Mosaic God
Mystery Cults
Mystery Doctrines
Neoplatonist theurgy
oracles
pagan
Pagan Restoration
pagan-Christian conflict
restoration
Roman religious history
Sol Invictus
Theurgic Rites
True Cynic
Vice Versa
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415034876
- Weight: 750g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Julian's brief reign (360-363 AD) had a profound impact on his contemporaries, as he worked fervently for a pagan restoration in the Roman Empire, which was rapidly becoming Christian.
Julian's Gods focuses on the cultural mentality of `the last pagan Emperor' by examining a wide variety of his own writings. The surviving speeches and treatises, satires and letters offer a rare insight into the personal attitudes and motivations of a remarkable Emperor. They show Julian as a highly educated man, an avid student of Greek philosophy, and a talented author in his own right.
This elegant and closely-argued study will deepen understanding not only of Julian, but of the context of fourth century Neoplatonism.
