Chapter Seven. The Body In The Landscape

Aristides’ Corpus In Light Of The Sacred Tales

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ID20080225
AuthorsAlexia Petsalis-Diomidis (0000-0002-6756-7584, corresponding author)
Year2008
Pages131-150
Publication date2008-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueAelius Aristides between Greece, Rome, and the gods (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004172043.i-326.28
OpenAlexW802458659
ISBN9789004172043
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This chapter presents a detailed reading of these two accounts ( Oration 27, Panegyric in Cyzicus and Sacred Tales ), focusing primarily on the treatment of the themes of travel and landscape, and how these are intertwined with the concepts of the body and the divine. Travel and the body are often explored separately, but when viewed in combination offer fruitful insights into Aristides? outlook on himself and the world. The chapter explores these themes more broadly in Aristides? work, and shows that they are significant throughout the corpus. It is suggested that viewing Aristides? corpus in the light of the Sacred Tales reveals the author?s profoundly religious outlook. Aristides? deeply religious outlook can then be recognised throughout his corpus as the prism through which everything is viewed and indeed transformed, most importantly the landscape, his own body and his oratory. Keywords: Aristides? corpus; geographical landscape; Oration 27, Panegyric in Cyzicus ; Sacred Tales

Art · Linguistics · Literature · Panegyric · Poetry · Prism · Reflexive pronoun · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy

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