Palladas, Constantine, and Christianity

It has recently been argued that the epigrammatist Palladas of Alexandria wrote during the late reign of Constantine I, and that several of his poems support the evidence of Eusebius of Caesarea in his Vita Constantini concerning the character and policy of Constantine I as a firmly committed Christ...

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Auteur principal: Woods, David (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press [2016]
Dans: The journal of theological studies
Année: 2016, Volume: 67, Numéro: 2, Pages: 576-593
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Palladas ca. 4./5. Jh. / Poésie / Konstantin, I., Römisches Reich, Kaiser ca. 280-337 / Politique religieuse / Paganisme
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
BE Religion gréco-romaine
CC Christianisme et religions non-chrétiennes; relations interreligieuses
SA Droit ecclésial
TD Antiquité tardive
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Résumé:It has recently been argued that the epigrammatist Palladas of Alexandria wrote during the late reign of Constantine I, and that several of his poems support the evidence of Eusebius of Caesarea in his Vita Constantini concerning the character and policy of Constantine I as a firmly committed Christian, deeply hostile to traditional religion. In this essay, I re-examine the evidence of five poems (A.P. 9.378, 528; 10.90; 11.281, 386) in order to demonstrate that Palladas was much more hostile to Constantine than has previously been recognized, and that he preserves important evidence for the early development of several important anti-Constantinian themes within later pagan historiography.
ISSN:1477-4607
Contient:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/flw125