Between Hipparchian Cynicism and Priscillian Montanism: Some Notes on Tatian, or. 3.6
Tatian's Oration to the Greeks (or.) contains a list of twelve ancient Greek philosophers whom Tatian berates for their arrogant stupidity (or. 2.1-3.7). In this list can be found a brief note (or. 3.6) in which Tatian singles out the Cynic Crates of Thebes (ca. 368/5-ca. 288/5 BC) and asks who...
| Published in: | Vigiliae Christianae |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Vigiliae Christianae
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NCF Sexual ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Montanus
B Maximilla B Priscilla B Encratism B Tatian B Hipparchia of Maroneia B Cynicism B Crates of Thebes B ancient marriage B Montanism B Prophecy |
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| Summary: | Tatian's Oration to the Greeks (or.) contains a list of twelve ancient Greek philosophers whom Tatian berates for their arrogant stupidity (or. 2.1-3.7). In this list can be found a brief note (or. 3.6) in which Tatian singles out the Cynic Crates of Thebes (ca. 368/5-ca. 288/5 BC) and asks who would want to be a witness at his "dog-marriage" (κυνογαµία) or not reject the arrogant "tongue-madness" (γλωσσοµανία) "of people like him" rather than "seeking that which is truly worth pursuing." This paper aims at contributing to an improved understanding of this sentence and in particular of the two words, κυνογαµία and γλωσσοµανία. For this purpose it looks 1) at Crates' background, in particular his marriage with Hipparchia of Maroneia, and 2) at the wider context in which Tatian is writing, in particular the phenomenon of early Christian ecstatic prophecy personified by the leading Montanist women prophets Priscilla and Maximilla. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341420 |