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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doaj-90dfab78d67341f78d6e8896124d6d502020-11-26T11:19:29ZdeuUniversitat Jaume IPotestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte1888-98672340-499X2020-06-01162757http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/Potestas.2020.16.2Iolianos y Mercoreos, víctima y justiciero. Un mito nada inocenteJesús Sánchez-Corriendo Jaén0Universidad Complutense de MadridEmperor 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. http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/4159/3881julianmercuriuspaganismmythmanipulation |
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Iolianos y Mercoreos, víctima y justiciero. Un mito nada inocente |
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Iolianos y Mercoreos, víctima y justiciero. Un mito nada inocente |
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Universitat Jaume I |
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Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte |
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2020-06-01 |
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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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