Philip-Philagathos' allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus' Aithiopika: Eros, mimesis and scriptural anagogical exegesis

The debate over the authorship of the allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus' novel extant in codex Marc. Gr. 410 (coll. 522) bequeathed to subsequent scholarship the assumption that the text belongs to the Neoplatonic allegorical tradition of reading Homer. This essay aims to revisit this ph...

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Main Author: Duluș, Mircea G. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2021
In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Year: 2021, Volume: 114, Issue: 3, Pages: 1037-1078
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Summary:The debate over the authorship of the allegorical interpretation of Heliodorus' novel extant in codex Marc. Gr. 410 (coll. 522) bequeathed to subsequent scholarship the assumption that the text belongs to the Neoplatonic allegorical tradition of reading Homer. This essay aims to revisit this philosophical attribution and argue that the terms and philosophical categories alluded in this allegory are characteristic of a long tradition of Patristic analysis, and more specifically of Gregory of Nyssa and Maximus Confessor's exegesis. Setting forth new textual evidence, it argues that the exegetical practice displayed in the allegory reflects Maximus Confessor's anagogical exegesis (i. e., the etymological and numerical speculations) and Gregory of Nyssa's pedagogy of desire and doctrine of spiritual progress as set forth in the Homilies on the Song of Songs and The Life of Moses.
ISSN:1868-9027
Contains:Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/bz-2021-0055