JANET DOWNIE
Biographic Data
| ID | 5716759 |
|---|---|
| NAME | JANET DOWNIE |
| GIVEN NAMES | JANET |
| FAMILY NAME | DOWNIE |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNIE J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imperial Cyzicus
A Guide to Periēgēsis-Literature (on E. Falaschi, Περιηγηταί nel mondo antico
Griechische Götter unter sich
In den lukianischen Göttergesprächen wird die traditionelle griechische Götterwelt einer dezidiert ironisch-satirischen Beleuchtung ausgesetzt, die im 2. Jh. n. Chr. nicht zuletzt dem jungen Christentum wichtige Argumente zur Bekämpfung des alten Götterglaubens liefern konnte. Die insgesamt fünfundzwanzig lebendigen dialogischen Szenen haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten nur begrenzter Aufmerksamkeit erfreut; nicht zuletzt deshalb werden sie hi…
The Geography of Empire in Dionysius’ Periegesis
The Periegesis of Dionysius of Alexandria has often been read as an idealized, literary geography. This paper argues instead for a political reading. The main north-south axis of Dionysius' world runs through the Aegean Sea, connecting Alexandria, center of Hellenistic learning, to the Black Sea and its epic heritage. This creates not merely a Greek, but also a distinctly eastern, perspective on the space of empire. Furthermore, the Aegean axis i…
Narrative and Divination
Most ancient evidence for divinatory dreams elides the hermeneutic process. However, the two most expansive literary sources on ancient dreaming, both from the second century CE, focus attention on precisely that issue. Artemidorus’ Oneirocritica and Aelius Aristides’ Hieroi Logoi have very different aims, but both writers grapple with the hermeneutic challenges that dreams pose, and both attribute these challenges to dreams’ narrative quality. A…
Hieroi Logoi
Dream Description and Dream Hermeneutics
This chapter argues that when we set Aristides’ dream narratives in the Hieroi Logoi against other ancient accounts of dreaming, what stands out is the degree to which Aristides engages the complexity of the dream scenario as a linguistic and literary challenge. This chapter contrasts the dream language of the Hieroi Logoi with the votive conventions associated with temple dreaming and, in more depth, with the concerns of contemporary technical w…
Salvum Lotum! A Rhetor’s Improvised Baths
The performances of physical cure that Aristides recounts in the Hieroi Logoi are evidence of divine support, and this chapter argues that his purpose is to direct this claim of divine support to professional ends. Thus, while Aristides offers a rare glimpse of the experience of illness and healing in the ancient world, his narrative is distinctive in that he refuses the position of patient and constructs as pain’s opposite not a return to health…
Conclusion
The conclusion briefly sums up the argument of the book: that Aristides’ Hieroi Logoi should be read in the context of his professional vocation, as a literary text in which he merges religion and rhetoric to make a claim for his status as a divinely inspired orator in terms that are concrete, embodied, and personal.
At the Limits of Art
At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi
Portrait d’un rhéteur
Portrait d’un rhéteur: Aelius Aristide comme initié mystique et athlète dans les Discours sacrés was published in Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times - Regards sur la Seconde Sophistique et son époque on page 76.
A Pindaric Charioteer
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At the Limits of Art
At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi
A Pindaric Charioteer
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
Portrait d’un rhéteur
Portrait d’un rhéteur: Aelius Aristide comme initié mystique et athlète dans les Discours sacrés was published in Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times - Regards sur la Seconde Sophistique et son époque on page 76.
Hieroi Logoi
Dream Description and Dream Hermeneutics
This chapter argues that when we set Aristides’ dream narratives in the Hieroi Logoi against other ancient accounts of dreaming, what stands out is the degree to which Aristides engages the complexity of the dream scenario as a linguistic and literary challenge. This chapter contrasts the dream language of the Hieroi Logoi with the votive conventions associated with temple dreaming and, in more depth, with the concerns of contemporary technical w…
Salvum Lotum! A Rhetor’s Improvised Baths
The performances of physical cure that Aristides recounts in the Hieroi Logoi are evidence of divine support, and this chapter argues that his purpose is to direct this claim of divine support to professional ends. Thus, while Aristides offers a rare glimpse of the experience of illness and healing in the ancient world, his narrative is distinctive in that he refuses the position of patient and constructs as pain’s opposite not a return to health…
Conclusion
The conclusion briefly sums up the argument of the book: that Aristides’ Hieroi Logoi should be read in the context of his professional vocation, as a literary text in which he merges religion and rhetoric to make a claim for his status as a divinely inspired orator in terms that are concrete, embodied, and personal.
At the Limits of Art
At the Limits of Art' investigates the literary aspirations of Aelius Aristides' puzzling dream-memoir of illness and divine healing, the 'Hieroi logoi
Narrative and Divination
Most ancient evidence for divinatory dreams elides the hermeneutic process. However, the two most expansive literary sources on ancient dreaming, both from the second century CE, focus attention on precisely that issue. Artemidorus’ Oneirocritica and Aelius Aristides’ Hieroi Logoi have very different aims, but both writers grapple with the hermeneutic challenges that dreams pose, and both attribute these challenges to dreams’ narrative quality. A…
The Geography of Empire in Dionysius’ Periegesis
The Periegesis of Dionysius of Alexandria has often been read as an idealized, literary geography. This paper argues instead for a political reading. The main north-south axis of Dionysius' world runs through the Aegean Sea, connecting Alexandria, center of Hellenistic learning, to the Black Sea and its epic heritage. This creates not merely a Greek, but also a distinctly eastern, perspective on the space of empire. Furthermore, the Aegean axis i…
Griechische Götter unter sich
In den lukianischen Göttergesprächen wird die traditionelle griechische Götterwelt einer dezidiert ironisch-satirischen Beleuchtung ausgesetzt, die im 2. Jh. n. Chr. nicht zuletzt dem jungen Christentum wichtige Argumente zur Bekämpfung des alten Götterglaubens liefern konnte. Die insgesamt fünfundzwanzig lebendigen dialogischen Szenen haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten nur begrenzter Aufmerksamkeit erfreut; nicht zuletzt deshalb werden sie hi…
A Guide to Periēgēsis-Literature (on E. Falaschi, Περιηγηταί nel mondo antico
Imperial Cyzicus
Classical Antiquity Studies (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (7 works) · History (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)