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Philip-Philagathos’ allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus’ Aithiopika: Eros, mimesis and scriptural anagogical exegesis

  • Mircea G. Duluș
Published/Copyright: September 22, 2021
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Byzantinische Zeitschrift
From the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift Volume 114 Issue 3

Abstract

The debate over the authorship of the allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus’ novel extant in codex Marc. Gr. 410 (coll. 522) bequeathed to subsequent scholarship the assumption that the text belongs to the Neoplatonic allegorical tradition of reading Homer. This essay aims to revisit this philosophical attribution and argue that the terms and philosophical categories alluded in this allegory are characteristic of a long tradition of Patristic analysis, and more specifically of Gregory of Nyssa and Maximus Confessor’s exegesis. Setting forth new textual evidence, it argues that the exegetical practice displayed in the allegory reflects Maximus Confessor’s anagogical exegesis (i. e., the etymological and numerical speculations) and Gregory of Nyssa’s pedagogy of desire and doctrine of spiritual progress as set forth in the Homilies on the Song of Songs and The Life of Moses.

Published Online: 2021-09-22
Published in Print: 2021-09-01

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https://doi.org/10.1515/bz-2021-0055

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  1. Titelei
  2. Inhalt
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  4. I. ABTEILUNG
  5. Manuele Crisolora a Costantinopoli
  6. Ephraim of Ainos at work: a cycle of epigrams in the margins of Niketas Choniates
  7. Justinian, Vitiges and the peace treaty of 540 (Proc. Bell. Goth. 2.29.2)
  8. Die zweite Definition der Philosophie der alexandrinischen neuplatonischen Schule in den Werken des Niketas Stethatos
  9. Philip-Philagathos’ allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus’ Aithiopika: Eros, mimesis and scriptural anagogical exegesis
  10. Interventi censori nell’Anthologia Planudea
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