An ancient account of pagan origins: making sense of Filastrius, Diuersarum hereseon liber 111
The handbook of heresies by Ambrose’s ally Filastrius of Brescia is notoriously confusing. The 111th section, which derives the popular label pagani for idolaters from an ancient rex Paganus (by Filastrius’ improbable assertion, a son of Hesiod’s Deucalion) is especially difficult. This article atte...
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Brepols Publishers
2021
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