"One Has To Be So Terribly Religious To Be An Artist": Divine Inspiration and theophilia in Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi

This paper deals with the close link between divine epiphany and artistic inspiration in the life and work of one of the most renowned rhetoricians of the second century AD, Aelius Aristides. The argument in a nutshell is that when Aristides lays emphasis on the divinely ordained character of the Hi...

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Main Author: Petridou, Georgia 1978- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter [2018]
In: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 257-271
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aristides, Aelius 117-187, Sacri sermones / Art / Inspiration / God
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
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