Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?

Antioch was not, from the 4th century, the predominantly Christian metropolis that is generally presented, a city where traditional religion was only a survival and where the “last pagans” took refuge in clandestinity. With the help of numerous sources, which must be compared, we must reopen the que...

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Main Author: Bernadette Cabouret
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Salvatore Sciascia Editore 2023-09-01
Series:Mythos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/6064
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description Antioch was not, from the 4th century, the predominantly Christian metropolis that is generally presented, a city where traditional religion was only a survival and where the “last pagans” took refuge in clandestinity. With the help of numerous sources, which must be compared, we must reopen the question of polytheistic manifestations and ask ourselves “how did one become a pagan in the 4th and 5th centuries?” The analysis raises several paradoxes: the first puts in tension the attachment to tradition and certain reinterpretations of religious practices; the second follows the - moving - limit between licit and illicit; the third opposes discourse and practice, which is particularly illustrated by the rhetorician Libanios, a first-rate testimony on the situation of a pagan in late Antioch.
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Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
Mythos
Antioch
Libanius
religious game
adaptability
moving identities
title Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
title_full Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
title_fullStr Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
title_full_unstemmed Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
title_short Les polythéismes antiques aux IVe et Ve siècles : Antioche, un observatoire privilégié ?
title_sort les polytheismes antiques aux ive et ve siecles antioche un observatoire privilegie
topic Antioch
Libanius
religious game
adaptability
moving identities
url http://journals.openedition.org/mythos/6064
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