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Dynastic Porphyry Tombs of the Norman Period in Sicily

Book by Josef Deaér, G. A. Gillhoff, Jaozsef Deaer; Harvard University Press, 1959

Subjects:

Christian Art And Symbolism, Normans--Italy, Porphyry, Sculpture--Italy--Sicily, Sepulchral Monuments--Italy--Sicily, Sicily (Italy)--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...similar examples in the porphyry sculpture of imperial Rome. Wherever we find porphyry supports of antique troughs...its history from archaic Greek times to late antiquity...who has studied Romanesque porphyry sculpture in Sicily. Such...
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Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook

Book by Daniel Ogden; Oxford University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Magic, Greek, Magic, Roman

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...lifelessness apsychia . iv A. D. Wunsch 1909 CT 78 Greek THIS TABLET IS PRIMARILY OF INTEREST for the social...it on Plotinus, Olympius gave up. iii A. D. Porphyry Life of Plotinus 10 Greek ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT EXPLICITLY SAID that Olympius...
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A Short History of Greek Literature

Book by Suzanne Saïd, Monique Trédé; Routledge, 1999

Subjects:

Greek Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...With the Neoplatonists Porphyry of Tyre (AD 232-301...a religious experience. Porphyry is best known for his Introduction (in Greek Eisagoge ) to the five fundamental...changed since Homeric times), Porphyry offers apparently contradictory
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Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity

Book by Yun Lee Too; Brill, 2001

Subjects:

Classical Education--History, Education, Ancient, Education, Greek, Education--Rome

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...interpretations from Plotinus to Porphyry dealt with Homeric myths as...myths, the central text of Greek culture (the Homeric poems...147, t. III), 283. 55 Porphyry, Lantre des nymphes dans lOdyssee...with English translation in Porphyry, The cave of the Nymphs in...
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Greek Mythography in the Roman World

Book by Alan Cameron; Oxford University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Latin Literature--Greek Influences, Latin Literature--History And Criticism, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Mythology, Greek--Historiography, Rome--Civilization--Greek Influences

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...the effective disappearance of Greek in the late antique West, it...something of a reputation as a Greek scholar, a Neoplatonist capable of reading Plotinus and Porphyry in the original.46 There can be no question that he knew Greek, and his commentary contains...

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Strabo, Plutarch, Porphyry and the Transmission and Composition of Aristotle's Rhetoric-a Hunch

Journal article by Brad McAdon; Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2006

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Aristotle (384-22 BC), Editorials, Literary criticism, Philosophers, Rhetoric

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Strabo, Plutarch, Porphyry and the Transmission and Composition...which include Strabo, Plutarch, and Porphyry) that discuss the transmission and...reference to Strabo, Plutarch, or Porphyry. Rist understands the Rhetoric from...
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The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition

Journal article by Bogdan G. Bucur; Theological Studies, Vol. 67, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition. by Bogdan...DOCTRINE OF DEIFICATION IN THE GREEK PATRISTIC TRADITION. By Norman...the Christian according to the Greek Fathers 2002). The book impresses...concludes that "by the time Porphyry first wrote of the philosopher...
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Neoplatonic Origins of the Act of Being

Journal article by David Bradshaw; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 53, 1999

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Greek literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Neoplatonism--Philosophy, Ontology--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...emerge as a distinct concept in ancient Greek philosophy."(1) The assumption that...to this question--namely, that the Greeks did not distinctly address the concept...existence-may seem puzzling. After all, GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII is one...terms of ancient metaphysics, and the Greeks engaged in endless wrangles over what...
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Homer in the French Renaissance*

Journal article by Philip Ford; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

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Homer (Greek poet)--Criticism and interpretation, Homer (Greek poet)--Works, Renaissance--Analysis

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library
...to Paris, where he studied Greek with Nicolas Berault. The...commentary on the conduct of the Greek heroes Agamemnon, Achilles...Apollos punishment of the Greeks impiety in not returning the...See Estienne.
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Le Roi Soleil : Demetrius Poliorcetes and the Dawn of the Sun-king *

Journal article by Lara O'Sullivan; Antichthon, Vol. 42, 2008

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Deities, Festivals, Greek civilization, Mythology, Religion, Sun

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...whose elevation to divine status in the Greek world of the late fourth and early third...Demetrius is equated as a rather un-Greek Helius, and sees in the metaphor a reflection...Egyptian and Hittite thought.9 That the Greeks perceived astronomical observation as...scarcely to be denied. According to the Greek historiographical tradition, the first...

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In Quest of the Father of Mission Studies

Magazine article by Andrew F. Walls; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 23, July 1999

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Changes, Christianity, Evangelism, History, Theology

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...shall return. Thoroughly Greek, Thoroughly Christian...Christian philosopher Porphyry, who, in a work known...intellectually he "played the Greek," even when talking of the Deity, and applied Greek ideas to the Jewish writings...general cultivated. Porphyry cannot divest himself...
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The Return of the Fathers

Magazine article by R.R. Reno; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2006

Subjects:

Christian art and symbolism--Usage, Christian literature--Forecasts and trends, Christian literature--Study and teaching, Christian symbolism--Usage, Christianity--Forecasts and trends, Christianity--Study and teaching, Church fathers--Portrayals, Fathers of the church--Portrayals

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...opinion of the pagan philosopher Porphyry: "His manner of life was Christian...things and the deity he played the Greek, and introduced Greek ideas into foreign fables...the importance of theoria, a Greek word that suggests not only a...
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Violence and Mission in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries: Lessons for Today

Magazine article by Alan Kreider; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 31, July 2007

Subjects:

Bible, Centuries, Christianity, Christians, Religion, Religious conversion, Religious missions, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...he had seen in the sky a vision of the Greek letters chi and rho or (depending on...in the 42Os-Mark the Deacons Life of Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza-in the last decade...In 395 the Christians of Gaza elected Porphyry as their bishop. Porphyry performed miracles...
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Marsilio Ficino Renaissance Man

Magazine article by Valery Rees; History Today, Vol. 49, July 1999

Subjects:

Ficino, Marsilio--Influence, Italy--15th century, Philosophers--Influence, Scholars--Influence

Collections: History, Philosophy, Entire Library

...that contained elements of the Greek and Hebrew traditions. Yet...tradition, both Latin and Greek, Christian and anti-Christian...Daemons; Priscan on the Soul; Porphyry and Proclus on Sacrifice and...all the books of Plato from Greek into Latin. In addition...rely on Ficino to decipher the Greeks today, the questions that...
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The Emperor's State of Grace

Magazine article by Charles Freeman; History Today, Vol. 51, January 2001

Subjects:

Christianity--History, Constantine I, Emperor--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...have been shocked by what he found. The Greek speaking east had always been a hotbed...personally supreme. He chose an ancient Greek foundation, Byzantium, which occupied...walls of the city with a spear just as a Greek founder would have done. Statues and classical...

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The Bigger the Better

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 16, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...combining a Roman style building with ancient Greek detail. Sound quality apart, the 169ft...five bays by columns made of polished porphyry and the 30,000- tile Minton floor...supported by caryatids - pillars disguised as Greek maiden statues.
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Breathtaking Beauty of Jewels Feed the Soul; Bejewelled by Tiffany 1837-1987. Ed. Clare Phillips, Yale, Pounds 45' Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay by Annamaria Guisti, Thames & Hudson, Pounds 40. Reviewed by Richard Edmonds

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 14, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...treasuries where the Pharaohs kept their wealth and so did the Greek and Roman emperors. Nero, for example, enjoyed wearing priceless...breccia from the island of Skyros and there was always imperial porphyry, which was much favoured. From Rome, the art of pietre dure...
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50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Weekly Trivia Quiz

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 12, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...what? 25 Which tough volcanic rock takes its name from the Greek word for purple? 26 Which gruesome low-budget horror film...22 Phantom Of The Opera 23 Gustave Flaubert 24 Eccentric 25 Porphyry 26 Hostel 27 The Brit Awards 28 Lucky You 29 Jove/Jupiter...

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Porphyry , Greek Scholar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PORPHYRY , Greek scholar por fire, c.232 c.304, Greek scholar and Neoplatonic philosopher. He studied rhetoric under Cassius Longinus and philosophy under Plotinus . He later lectured in Rome on the philosophy of Plotinus and was the teacher...
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Roman Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...prototypes found in the nearby Greek colonies in southern...the Etruscans and the Greeks, adapting earlier building...stone construction of the Greeks was largely replaced...sheathings of alabaster, porphyry, or marble were used...arches. Unlike their Greek prototypes, Roman theaters...there are no known Greek precedents. The monumental...
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Plotinus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Plotinus never taught or practiced extreme asceticism. His pupil Porphyry wrote a biography of him and was responsible for the arrangement...fundamentally those of Plato but included elements of other Greek philosophies as well, all drawn together into an original...

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