Polymnia Athanassiadi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1149861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Polymnia Athanassiadi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Polymnia |
| FAMILY NAME | Athanassiadi |
| SIGNATURE | ATHANASSIADI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Global Response to Crisis
Mutations of Hellenism in Late Antiquity
The 21 studies in this volume, which deal with issues of social and intellectual history, religion and historical methodology, explore the ways whereby over the course of a few hundred years -roughly between the second and the fifth centuries A.D.- an anthropocentric culture mutated into a theocentric one. Rather than underlining the differences between a revamped paganism and the emergent Christian traditions, the essays in the volume focus on t…
Isidore of Alexandria
Isidore was a fifth‐century ce Platonist philosopher who studied in his native Alexandria and in Athens, and traveled extensively in Syria and Asia Minor. Taking as models Pythagoras and Socrates, he cultivated orality as a means of imparting wisdom and therefore left no writings. We can draw information from two contemporary sources about his personality and career: the substantial fragments of a Life by his pupil and last head of the Academy of…
Vers la pensée unique
En la tarde del 11 de mayo de 2010 tuve la oportunidad de asistir entre el publico a la presentacion de esta obra que ahora reseno en el Institut Europeen en Sciences des Religions del Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes de la Sorbonne. Al lado de la autora y rodeado por otras eminentes personalidades academicas, presidia la sesion el profesor Pierre Chuvin, quien, con mano maestra, supo moderar un apasionante e intenso debate. Debo admitir que su a…
La lutte pour l'orthodoxie dans le platonisme tardif
Au IIe siècle de notre ère, un courant spirituel qui se réclame de Platon commence son ascension vertigineuse dans l’Empire romain. Dissociant leur fondateur divinisé de sa descendance sceptique et le rattachant à Pythagore, les adeptes de Platon voient dans sa philosophie une voie de salut qu’ils ne cessent de réinterpréter selon les normes d’une orthodoxie qui évolue avec le temps. Prisonniers de leur temps, les « néoplatoniciens » pensent et a…
Philosopher and Society in Late Antiquity
Apamea and the Chaldaean Oracles
The Creation of Orthodoxy in Neoplatonism
This chapter examines how alien the categories (in contradistinction to the actual words) ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘heresy’ were to the pagan intellectuals of late antiquity as they revised their spiritual heritage. It also examines the extent to which the orthodox (or politically correct) understanding of the way to God was used by them as an instrument and a pretext for wielding worldly power.
Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity
Ismail Emre (1900-1970)
Ismail Emre etait un soudeur illettre d'Adana qui, depuis les annees trente, tombait de plus en plus souvent en transe et chantait son amour pour Dieu en vers traditionnels et rimes. Ses filles et les membres du cercle qui se forma petit-a-petit autour de lui notaient son chant au moment meme ou il naissait (les dogus). Ce cercle informel (qui pendant plusieurs decennies s'etendit des deux cotes de la Mer Egee) presentait une grande variete ethni…
Monotheists All
Pagan monotheism in late antiquity
In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in l…
The Oecumenism of Iamblichus
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Dreams, Theurgy and Freelance Divination
The men of the Antonine era shared with us a keen interest in divination, which they expressed in a variety of complementary or apparently contradictory ways: in polemic and dispassionate research, but more obviously in the act of reviving their ancient prophetic shrines and of establishing new oracles. If the rage that the vaticinating demons inspired in Oenomaus of Gadara and in Lucian is sufficient evidence of the rationalist's reaction to a m…
The Fate of Oracles in Late Antiquity
A Contribution to Mithraic Theology
Journal Article A CONTRIBUTION TO MITHRAIC THEOLOGY: THE EMPEROR JULIAN'S HYMN TO KING HELIOS Get access POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, October 1977, Pages 360–371, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/XXVIII.2.360 Published: 01 October 1977
Dreams, Theurgy and Freelance Divination
The men of the Antonine era shared with us a keen interest in divination, which they expressed in a variety of complementary or apparently contradictory ways: in polemic and dispassionate research, but more obviously in the act of reviving their ancient prophetic shrines and of establishing new oracles. If the rage that the vaticinating demons inspired in Oenomaus of Gadara and in Lucian is sufficient evidence of the rationalist's reaction to a m…
Monotheists All
A Contribution to Mithraic Theology
Journal Article A CONTRIBUTION TO MITHRAIC THEOLOGY: THE EMPEROR JULIAN'S HYMN TO KING HELIOS Get access POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, October 1977, Pages 360–371, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/XXVIII.2.360 Published: 01 October 1977
A Contribution to Mithraic Theology
Journal Article A CONTRIBUTION TO MITHRAIC THEOLOGY: THE EMPEROR JULIAN'S HYMN TO KING HELIOS Get access POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI POLYMNIA ATHANASSIADI Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, October 1977, Pages 360–371, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/XXVIII.2.360 Published: 01 October 1977
The Fate of Oracles in Late Antiquity
Dreams, Theurgy and Freelance Divination
The men of the Antonine era shared with us a keen interest in divination, which they expressed in a variety of complementary or apparently contradictory ways: in polemic and dispassionate research, but more obviously in the act of reviving their ancient prophetic shrines and of establishing new oracles. If the rage that the vaticinating demons inspired in Oenomaus of Gadara and in Lucian is sufficient evidence of the rationalist's reaction to a m…
The Oecumenism of Iamblichus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Pagan monotheism in late antiquity
In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief in l…
Ismail Emre (1900-1970)
Ismail Emre etait un soudeur illettre d'Adana qui, depuis les annees trente, tombait de plus en plus souvent en transe et chantait son amour pour Dieu en vers traditionnels et rimes. Ses filles et les membres du cercle qui se forma petit-a-petit autour de lui notaient son chant au moment meme ou il naissait (les dogus). Ce cercle informel (qui pendant plusieurs decennies s'etendit des deux cotes de la Mer Egee) presentait une grande variete ethni…
Monotheists All
The Creation of Orthodoxy in Neoplatonism
This chapter examines how alien the categories (in contradistinction to the actual words) ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘heresy’ were to the pagan intellectuals of late antiquity as they revised their spiritual heritage. It also examines the extent to which the orthodox (or politically correct) understanding of the way to God was used by them as an instrument and a pretext for wielding worldly power.
Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity
Philosopher and Society in Late Antiquity
Apamea and the Chaldaean Oracles
La lutte pour l'orthodoxie dans le platonisme tardif
Au IIe siècle de notre ère, un courant spirituel qui se réclame de Platon commence son ascension vertigineuse dans l’Empire romain. Dissociant leur fondateur divinisé de sa descendance sceptique et le rattachant à Pythagore, les adeptes de Platon voient dans sa philosophie une voie de salut qu’ils ne cessent de réinterpréter selon les normes d’une orthodoxie qui évolue avec le temps. Prisonniers de leur temps, les « néoplatoniciens » pensent et a…
Vers la pensée unique
En la tarde del 11 de mayo de 2010 tuve la oportunidad de asistir entre el publico a la presentacion de esta obra que ahora reseno en el Institut Europeen en Sciences des Religions del Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes de la Sorbonne. Al lado de la autora y rodeado por otras eminentes personalidades academicas, presidia la sesion el profesor Pierre Chuvin, quien, con mano maestra, supo moderar un apasionante e intenso debate. Debo admitir que su a…
Isidore of Alexandria
Isidore was a fifth‐century ce Platonist philosopher who studied in his native Alexandria and in Athens, and traveled extensively in Syria and Asia Minor. Taking as models Pythagoras and Socrates, he cultivated orality as a means of imparting wisdom and therefore left no writings. We can draw information from two contemporary sources about his personality and career: the substantial fragments of a Life by his pupil and last head of the Academy of…
A Global Response to Crisis
Mutations of Hellenism in Late Antiquity
The 21 studies in this volume, which deal with issues of social and intellectual history, religion and historical methodology, explore the ways whereby over the course of a few hundred years -roughly between the second and the fifth centuries A.D.- an anthropocentric culture mutated into a theocentric one. Rather than underlining the differences between a revamped paganism and the emergent Christian traditions, the essays in the volume focus on t…
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