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“For thy kingdom is past not away, / Nor thy power from the place thereof hurled”: Martianus Capella and a Prophylactic Oracle of Apollo
No full textThe chapter provides a reconsideration of a section in Martianus Capella’s Book 1, dedicated to the ‘failure of the oracles’ and culminating in a quotation of a prophylactic Apollinean oracle, attributed to Alexander of Abonouteichos. The author tries to reconstruct some possible lines of transmission of this oracle, at the same time highlighting how its allegorical framework helps to shed light on some aspects of the ongoing controversy between pagans and Christians, which took into account the thaumaturgical and therapeutic capabilities of the gods
The Entanglement of Religion, Lust, and Power and Some Neglected Classical Sources in Puccini’s Tosca
Full text linkUno studio sugli antecedenti del plot di Tosca, con particolare riferimento alle fonti classiche e alla loro rielaborazione
L’astre vivant: quelques remarques sur le statut prophétique de Zoroastre dans la littérature de l'antiquité tardive
No full textAprès un aperçu général sur la réception de Zoroastre, le prophète et fondateur de la religion persane, dans la culture gréco-latine, l’article présente une discussion sur deux passages moins connus (Arnobe et le roman pseudo-Clémentin), où les aspects traditionnels du sorcier et de l’astrologue se mêlent à des interprétations qui relèvent du gnosticisme et présentent aussi des contaminations avec la Bible
Christian Gnilka, Chresis, il concetto di retto uso
No full textDiscussioni e riflessioni a partire dallo studio di C. Gnilka
L’apporto delle filosofie e dei movimenti religiosi pagani alla formazione di un esoterismo cristiano nei primi secoli
No full textSi identificano alcuni aspetti che possono essere ritenuti "esoterici" nelle correnti della spiritualità tardoantic
Model selection and parameter estimation in non-linear nested models: a sequential generalized DKL-optimum design
No full textEpictetus in the Forbidden City: Accommodation and Resilience in Matteo Ricci’s Twenty-five Paragraphs (Èrshíwǔ yán, 二十五言).
No full textSi esamina l'opera di Matteo Ricci, "Libro dei 25 paragrafi", che costituisce una versione adattata del Manuale di Epitteto
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