Urban Landscapes and Religious Shifts in Lucian's Alexander
Lucian's Alexander or The False Prophet, while satirising the expansion of the historically attested Glycon cult and its purported founder, offers insights into narratives of religious conversion. This paper discusses the text from the perspective of urban religion and traces the elements that...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
[2020]
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Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 268-287 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lucianus, Samosatensis 120-180, Alexander
/ Alexander of Abonuteichos ca. ca. 105-ca. 175
/ Oracle
/ Serpent worship
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RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
Further subjects: | B
Alexander
B Lucian B Urban Religion B Snake B Cult B Glycon B Abonouteichos B Conversion B Prophet |
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