John Chrysostom's Sex Aquarium: Aquatic Metaphors for Theater in Homily 7 on Matthew

Chrysostom speaks in highly rhetorical terms about the harmful potential of mime actresses to bring about the moral ruin of spectators. Taken literally, Homily 7 on Matthew has been understood as testimony of an unusual type of aquatic spectacle, termed tetimími, the production of which has proven d...

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Main Author: Retzleff, Alexandra G (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2003
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-207
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