Sosipatra of Pergamum philosopher and oracle
Sosipatra as a child and student -- Sosipatra as a wife, mother, and widow -- Sosipatra as teacher -- Sosipatra as theurgist and oracle
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Women in Antiquity
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| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Sosipatra as a child and student -- Sosipatra as a wife, mother, and widow -- Sosipatra as teacher -- Sosipatra as theurgist and oracle "The story of Sosipatra of Pergamon (4th century C.E.) as told by her biographer, Eunapius of Sardis in his Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists, is a remarkable tale. It is the story of an elite young girl from the area of Ephesus, who was educated by traveling spirits (daemons), and who grew up to lead her own philosophy school on the west coast of ancient Asia Minor. She was also a prophet of sorts, channeling divine messages to her students, family, and friends, capable of mentally viewing events that were happening in other locations, and foretelling the future. This volume is the first sustained, book length, attempt to tell the story of this mysterious woman. It presents a rich contextualization of the brief, sketchy, and highly fictionalized portrait provided by Eunapius"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes a new translation by Robert Nau of the passages in the Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists that relate to Sosipatra's story Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 137 Seiten Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß) |
| ISBN: | 9780197571231 978-0-19-757123-1 9780190618858 978-0-19-061885-8 9780197571248 978-0-19-757124-8 9780190618865 978-0-19-061886-5 |