Erwin. Rohde

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Psyche, the Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among Ancient Greeks

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Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

Ancient Literary Sources on Sardis

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World of Ancient Magic

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Jan-Jaap Flinterman

Greek Identity, Conceptions of the Relationship Between Philosophers and Monarchs and Political Ideas in Philostratus' Life of Apollonius

The Athenian sophist Philostratus completed a romanticised biography of Apollonius of Tyana in the second or third decade of the third century A.D. One of the most striking aspects of the presentation of this firstcentury Pythagorean sage and miracleworker in the Vita Apollonii (VA) is his role as 'politically active philosopher'. Not only does the protagonist of the VA regularly intervene in situa-tions of conflict in Greek cities and instruct their citi-zens on how they ought to live together, but he also appears in contact with Parthian and Indian kings and Roman emperors. The present study deals with this promi-nent facet of Philostratus' portrait of the Tyanean sage. There are three main issues. The first is the question of the extent to which the Apollonius tradition provided support for the image of the contacts of the protagonist of the VA with cities and monarchs. The second is consideration of how the author dealt with and elaborated these elements in his source material. The third is the question of to what extent the protagonist of the VA may be regarded as a spokesman for the explicit political views of Philostratus. In other words, the aim is to analyse the image of the protagonist of the VA as a 'politically active philosopher' as the result of the interaction between the traditions associated with a sage and miracleworker who was regarded as a representative of Pythagorean wisdom, on the one hand, and the paideia, cultural baggage and mentality of a sophist, on the other.

Power, Paideia and Pythagoreanism

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G. R. Tsetskhladze

The volume celebrates the 75th birthday of Prof. Jan Bouzek, one of the leading specialists in Mediterranean, Black Sea, Anatolian and European archaeology. The chapters, written by leading specialists who are friends and colleagues of the dedicatee, address many of Prof. Bouzek's primary interests: Thrace, the Getae, the Persians in Europe, the impact of the Etruscans on ancient Europe, Black Sea archaeology, Hallstatt Europe, the Celts, the Scythians, the Iron Age in Central Anatolia, jewellery, etc. All chapters are substantial pieces that offer overviews of our present state of knowledge.

The Black Sea, Greece, Anatolia and Europe in the First Millennium BC

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Gocha R. Tsetskhladze

Recent Discoveries and Studies

This 6th volume of "Colloquia Pontica" deals with the classical archaeology of the northern Black Sea littoral, discussing excavations and studies conducted by Russian, Ukrainian, German, Czech and British archaeologists and classicists over the last 10-12 years. It publishes much previously unknown material, and gives a clear picture of the achievements of scholarship in the study of the North Pontic Region. Book reviews and listing of new publications. The book is very richly illustrated.

North Pontic Archaeology

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Christopher Tuplin

Studies in Black Sea History, Historiography and Archaeology

This volume deploys both written (epigraphic, papyrological and literary) and archaeological (pottery, metalwork) evidence to cast new light on the economic, cultural and political contacts between Pontus and the Mediterranean world in the archaic, classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Pontus and the Outside World

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Power, Paideia and Pythagoreanism

G. R. Tsetskhladze

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Erwin. Rohde

Psyche, the Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among Ancient Greeks

John Griffiths Pedley

Ancient Literary Sources on Sardis

David R. Jordan, Hugo Montgomery, and Einar Thomassen

World of Ancient Magic

Jan-Jaap Flinterman

Power, Paideia and Pythagoreanism

G. R. Tsetskhladze

The Black Sea, Greece, Anatolia and Europe in the First Millennium BC

Gocha R. Tsetskhladze

North Pontic Archaeology

Christopher Tuplin

Pontus and the Outside World

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