Iolianos y Mercoreos, víctima y justiciero. Un mito nada inocente
Emperor Julian died on the battlefield, but according to the Christian tradition he was killed by St. Mercurius after a dream of Basil of Caesarea. Pagan and Christians writers do not explain the facts clearly, and they leave many important doubts. Christian his-torians...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Universitat Jaume I
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/4159/3881 |
| Summary: | Emperor Julian died on the battlefield, but according to the Christian tradition he was killed by St. Mercurius after a dream of Basil of Caesarea. Pagan and Christians writers do not explain the facts clearly, and they leave many important doubts. Christian his-torians of 5th and 6th century have created a very complex tale: em-peror Julian was evil; St. Mercurius was the saviour of the humanity.
This article will demonstrate a manipulation to exemplify the end of paganism due to divine intervention. We intend to prove that the cre-ation of this myth was not naive and that it had religious and political purposes.
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| ISSN: | 1888-9867 2340-499X |