Facing the gods: epiphany and representation in Graeco-Roman art, literature, and religion

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2012-04-01otherChoice Reviews Online517 citationsclosed

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Classical Antiquity Studies Classical Philosophy and Thought Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

Abstract

Introduction Part I: 1. Framing epiphany in art and text 2. Material epiphany: encountering the divine in cult images 3. Epiphany and authority in Hellenistic Greece 4. The poetics of epiphany in Hellenistic epigram Part II: 5. Virtual visions: piety and paideia in Second Sophistic literature 6. Dream visions and cult images in Second Sophistic literature 7. The apologetics of representation in Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana Part III: 8. Dying to see: epiphanic sarcophagi from Imperial Rome.

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