Graeme Miles
Biographic Data
| ID | 5130053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graeme Miles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graeme |
| FAMILY NAME | Miles |
| SIGNATURE | MILES G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3149-3963 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Philostratus' Apollonius
The Achilles of Proclus
In Essay Six of his Commentary on Plato's Republic , the Platonist Proclus offers a defence of the poetry of Homer and attempts to harmonize the Homeric epics, as inspired texts, with the philosophy of Plato as he interprets it. The tendency of late antique Platonists to turn to allegorical reading is well known, but in this instance Proclus interprets Achilles by other means. In particular, he is careful to place Achilles’ actions relative to wh…
Proclus
Mythic Paradigms and the Platonic Life
The fragmentary biographical work by Damascius, known as either the Life of Isidore or Philosophical History , appears to have begun with the myths of the dismemberment of Osiris and Dionysus. These programmatic allusions establish an important theme in the text that followed: ‘becoming a Bacchus’. This, as is clear from Damascius’ Phaedo Commentary , refers to the process of unifying and liberating oneself from the body at the ‘cathartic’ stage …
Philostratus
The variety of topics in the surviving works of Philostratus makes generalizations about the corpus as a whole difficult. Two biographical works take contrary approaches. The Lives of the Sophists (in which he coined the term “Second Sophistic”) constructs a partial history of Greek rhetorical culture, while the Life of Apollonius of Tyana transforms the portrait of a philosopher into a condensation of Hellenic tradition. In the Heroicus the foun…
Philostratus
Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped. This Roman-era engagement with the already classical past set important precedents for later understandings of classical art, literature and culture. This volume examines the ways in whic…
The poles as planetary places
Perhaps more than any other places on Earth, the geographic poles draw their identity from their relationship with outer space. The word “pole” itself referred, in its ancient Greek origin, to the axis of a turning cosmos (and later Earth), as well as the points where this axis met a posited celestial sphere. The terrestrial poles – the places where this invisible axis penetrate the planet’s surface – have long held particular cultural significan…
Ominous Swans in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius (1.5)
The opening chapters of Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana present readers with a series of signs foreshadowing the future character of the text’s protagonist. This article addresses a little discussed omen at Apollonius’ birth: the appearance of swans who set up a chorus around the future philosopher’s mother, startling her and bringing on his birth, before departing, apparently on their annual migration. This curious avian episode is, on…
Reforming The Eyes
In discussing the depiction of Apollonius as an interpreter in the Vita Apollonii (VA), it is convenient to divide the scenes in which this role is most evident into a number of groups. This chapter first discusses the scenes in which an interpretive dialogue takes place between Apollonius and another character. Second, the scenes in which Apollonius refuses to interpret are considered and the reasons which are given or implied for this refusal. …
"Georgics" 3.209-294
Research Article| January 01 1975 "Georgics" 3.209-294: "Amor" and Civilization G. B. Miles G. B. Miles Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California Studies in Classical Antiquity (1975) 8: 177–197. https://doi.org/10.2307/25010689 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…
"Georgics" 3.209-294
Research Article| January 01 1975 "Georgics" 3.209-294: "Amor" and Civilization G. B. Miles G. B. Miles Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California Studies in Classical Antiquity (1975) 8: 177–197. https://doi.org/10.2307/25010689 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…
Philostratus
Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped. This Roman-era engagement with the already classical past set important precedents for later understandings of classical art, literature and culture. This volume examines the ways in whic…
The poles as planetary places
Perhaps more than any other places on Earth, the geographic poles draw their identity from their relationship with outer space. The word “pole” itself referred, in its ancient Greek origin, to the axis of a turning cosmos (and later Earth), as well as the points where this axis met a posited celestial sphere. The terrestrial poles – the places where this invisible axis penetrate the planet’s surface – have long held particular cultural significan…
"Georgics" 3.209-294
Research Article| January 01 1975 "Georgics" 3.209-294: "Amor" and Civilization G. B. Miles G. B. Miles Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California Studies in Classical Antiquity (1975) 8: 177–197. https://doi.org/10.2307/25010689 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…
Reforming The Eyes
In discussing the depiction of Apollonius as an interpreter in the Vita Apollonii (VA), it is convenient to divide the scenes in which this role is most evident into a number of groups. This chapter first discusses the scenes in which an interpretive dialogue takes place between Apollonius and another character. Second, the scenes in which Apollonius refuses to interpret are considered and the reasons which are given or implied for this refusal. …
Ominous Swans in Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius (1.5)
The opening chapters of Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana present readers with a series of signs foreshadowing the future character of the text’s protagonist. This article addresses a little discussed omen at Apollonius’ birth: the appearance of swans who set up a chorus around the future philosopher’s mother, startling her and bringing on his birth, before departing, apparently on their annual migration. This curious avian episode is, on…
Philostratus
The variety of topics in the surviving works of Philostratus makes generalizations about the corpus as a whole difficult. Two biographical works take contrary approaches. The Lives of the Sophists (in which he coined the term “Second Sophistic”) constructs a partial history of Greek rhetorical culture, while the Life of Apollonius of Tyana transforms the portrait of a philosopher into a condensation of Hellenic tradition. In the Heroicus the foun…
Philostratus
Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped. This Roman-era engagement with the already classical past set important precedents for later understandings of classical art, literature and culture. This volume examines the ways in whic…
The poles as planetary places
Perhaps more than any other places on Earth, the geographic poles draw their identity from their relationship with outer space. The word “pole” itself referred, in its ancient Greek origin, to the axis of a turning cosmos (and later Earth), as well as the points where this axis met a posited celestial sphere. The terrestrial poles – the places where this invisible axis penetrate the planet’s surface – have long held particular cultural significan…
Proclus
Mythic Paradigms and the Platonic Life
The fragmentary biographical work by Damascius, known as either the Life of Isidore or Philosophical History , appears to have begun with the myths of the dismemberment of Osiris and Dionysus. These programmatic allusions establish an important theme in the text that followed: ‘becoming a Bacchus’. This, as is clear from Damascius’ Phaedo Commentary , refers to the process of unifying and liberating oneself from the body at the ‘cathartic’ stage …
The Achilles of Proclus
In Essay Six of his Commentary on Plato's Republic , the Platonist Proclus offers a defence of the poetry of Homer and attempts to harmonize the Homeric epics, as inspired texts, with the philosophy of Plato as he interprets it. The tendency of late antique Platonists to turn to allegorical reading is well known, but in this instance Proclus interprets Achilles by other means. In particular, he is careful to place Achilles’ actions relative to wh…
Philostratus' Apollonius
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