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Fathers and Hellenism. Dn Paul L. Gavrilyuk. Alexander Defeats the Persians. ‘Alexander’ Sarcophagus. Royal Necropolis of Sidon, chamber #3. Last quarter of 4 th c BC. Istanbul Archeological Museum. Isocrates on Hellenism.
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Fathers and Hellenism Dn Paul L. Gavrilyuk
Alexander Defeats the Persians ‘Alexander’ Sarcophagus. Royal Necropolis of Sidon, chamber #3. Last quarter of 4th c BC. Istanbul Archeological Museum.
Isocrates on Hellenism So far has our city [Athens] surpassed the rest of mankind in thought and speech that her pupils have become the teachers of the rest of the world; and our city has brought it about that the name ‘Hellenes’ suggests no longer a race, but an intelligence, and the title ‘Hellenes’ is applied rather to those who share our culture than to those who share common blood. Isocrates (436- 338 BCE)
My students enjoying the Latrines of Vespasian. Philippi, Greece.
Playing Mithras in Ostia Antica… Mithraeum of the Seven Doors. Ostia Antica, Italy.
Emperor Cult Octavian Augustus Julius Caesar Alexander the Great
Remains of the Temple of Trajan and Hadrian. Pergamum, Turkey.
De-Hellenization vs. Re-Hellenization Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) Georges Florovsky (1893-1979)
St Paul in the company of Sybil, Solon, and Greek philosophers
From Roman Pietas to Christian Orans Mother of God. Apse Mosaic, St Sophia, Kiev, 11th c. Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. AR Denarius, 218-225 Orans, ca 3rd c. Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome.
Baptism of Jesus with the Personification of Jordan Baptism of Jesus. Arian Baptistery, Ravenna.
Personification of Jordan copied by Rublev Epiphany. Cathedral of Dormition. Vladimir. Workshop of AndreyRublev and DaniilCherny. c. 1408.
Beyond Harnack and Florovsky… Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930) Georges Florovsky (1893-1979)