Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East

Bremmer, Jan Ν.

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“…29 This tradition had a long life: it can be seen in the heroisation of generals and outstanding warriors, such as Brasidas, Aratus and Philopoemen, and in the fact that heroic epiphanies would assist worshippers in defeating their enemies during times of crisis -a tradition lasting well into the First World War, albeit with saints like St George replacing the ancient heroes. 30 In addition, also athletes and Olympic victors such as Euthymos, 31 famous poets such as Homer and Archilochus, 32 and philosophers like Epicurus and the charismatic Apollonius of Tyana became heroised in the course of time. 33 A relaxing of the borders between gods and mortals is noticeable in the Hellenistic period, in particular, probably due to the intensification of the ruler cult after Alexander the Great.…”

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From Heroes to Saints and from Martyrological to Hagiographical Discourse

Bremmer¹

2017

Sakralität Und Heldentum

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In 1889, Hermann Usener (1834-1905) published his most famous work, "Das Weihnachtsfest". At the time, he was one of Germany's leading classicists and the most prominent historian of ancient Greek and Roman religion, working with a particular focus on mythology. 1 His book, which has not yet been replaced as a study of the origin of Christmas, was the first that analysed a Christian festival as if it was just like a pagan Roman celebration. In other words, it was the first that studied a major Christian feast not from a theological perspective but from a purely historical point of view. 2 However, Usener's interest was not just historical. He was deeply committed to purifying the Christian Church of his day, in particular the Roman Catholic one, from its pagan survivals in order to build a church that would unite all Germans, both Protestants and Roman Catholics. To that end, Usener also studied the lives of saints, such as Tychon, Marina and Pelagia, in search of pagan antecedents. 3 Given his great influence, it is not surprising that some of his pupils also claimed that the early Christian saints either performed the same function as the ancient Greek cultic heroes or had even developed from this cultic context. 4 At the beginning of the 20 th century, anthropologists and historians of re- This contribution is the fruit of my stay as Visiting Professor at the Collaborative Research Center / Sonderforschungsbereich 948, Freiburg im Breisgau, September to December 2014. I am most grateful to Andreas Friedrich for making my stay in Freiburg so very enjoyable, and to audiences in Freiburg (2014), Cracow (2015), Sydney (Macquarie University), Erfurt and Bergen (2016), Bochum, Ghent, Frankfurt, Graz and Cologne (2017) for interesting discussions. I am also much indebted for clarifying comments to Jitse Dijkstra, Ton Hilhorst, Ralf von den Hoff (on § 1), and Marc van Uytfanghe.

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From Heroes to Saints and from Martyrological to Hagiographical Discourse

Bremmer¹

2017

Sakralität Und Heldentum

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“…It might be relevant to note that the character of Myrtilos is not only one of the central figures associated with the 'curse' of the Atreids, but also the main agent of the marriage between Pelops and Hippodameia, a fitting parallel to the theme of the poem. For the different attestations of the name Myrsilos and its cognates in and around Lesbos and Anatolia, see Bremmer (2008) 23 See Gagné (2009b).…”

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Atreid ancestors in Alkaios

Gagné

2009

J. Hell. Stud.

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“…Marco Simón, 1988; Burkert, 1992: Penglase, 1994Duchemin, 1995;Ribichini, Rocchi y Xella, 2001;Burkert, 2002;Bremmer, 2008 ;Gómez Espelosín, 2013. Tendencias recientes en la investigación sobre las religiones antiguasAnuario Nº 31, Escuela de Historia Facultad de Humanidades y Artes (Universidad Nacional de Rosario), 2019 ISSN 1853-88351987). En ocasiones no son sólo los nombres de los dioses, sino sistemas enteros los que se transfieren y adaptan.…”

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Tendencias recientes en la investigación sobre las religiones antiguas

Simón

2019

Anuario

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Este trabajo trata de concretar algunas líneas claves en la investigación sobre las religiones antiguas en las últimas décadas. Entre ellas se destaca la relativización de la tradicional dicotomía entre politeísmo y monoteísmo, las aportaciones sobre rituales y la sacralidad del paisaje, los procesos de contacto y de transferencias religiosas en el marco de la globalización del Imperio romano o los estudios que destacan la importancia de la individualización, las emociones y las prácticas mágico-religiosas consideradas como un subsistema de la religión. Por último se analiza un estudio de caso de las adaptaciones locales en un horizonte de globalización al cristianismo.lobalizaciil marco de la globalizaciúltimo se analiza un estudio de caso de las adaptaciones locales en un horizonte de globalización: el del paso de las religiones tradicionales al cristianismo.Palabras claves: religiones antiguas; monoteísmo; politeísmo; ritual; paisaje sagrado; transferencias religiosas; individualización; magia; globalización y localización; cristianismo.

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Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East

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From Heroes to Saints and from Martyrological to Hagiographical Discourse

From Heroes to Saints and from Martyrological to Hagiographical Discourse

Atreid ancestors in Alkaios

Tendencias recientes en la investigación sobre las religiones antiguas

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