Heliodorus of Emesa
Heliodorus Emesenus or Heliodorus of Emesa (
Identification
He identifies himself at the end of his work as
a Phoenician from Emesa [modern Homs, Syria], of the line of Helios [also translated as: 'from the race of the sun'[2]], Theodosius' son Heliodorus[3]
According to Tim Whitmarsh, 'from the race of the sun' "looks like a claim to hereditary priesthood," though "uncertainties" remain.[2] According to The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, "the personal link here established between the writer and Helios has also a literary purpose, as has Calasiris' flashback narrative"[3] . The later tradition maintaining that Heliodorus had become a Christian bishop is likely fictional.[2][a]
Quoting Richard L. Hunter,
The Emesenes were a culturally complex group, including
Elagabal which inspired the emperor Heliogabalus).[5]
See also
Other ancient Greek novelists:
- Chariton – The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe
- Xenophon of Ephesus – The Ephesian Tale
- Achilles Tatius – Leucippe and Clitophon
- Longus – Daphnis and Chloe
Notes
- Trikka, but the name Heliodorus was a common one. In the 14th century, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos expanded this narrative, relating that the work was written in the early years of this bishop before he became a Christian and that, when forced either to disown it or resign his bishopric, he preferred resignation. Most scholars reject this identification.[4]
References
- ^ Lane Fox, Robin (1989). Pagans and Christians. p. 118.
- ^ a b c Whitmarsh, Tim (2008). The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel. p. 72.
- ^ ISBN 0521359848.
- Jas Elsner(eds.), Severan Culture (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007).
- ^ Hunter, Richard L. Hunter (1998). Studies in Heliodorus. p. 97.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 223.
- Heliodoros, Aithiopika, ed. Robert Mantle Rattenbury, Thomas Wallace Lumb (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, three volumes, 1935–1943)
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