Two Cities, One God: A Platonist against the Emperor : The Case of Philo of Alexandria’s Legatio ad Gaium
The present paper highlights some crucial aspects of Philo’s Legatio ad Gaium, a work of the Alexandrian Platonist that grants some interesting clues into his life at the time of Gaius Caligula’s reign, especially concerning his attempt to stop Gaius’ plan to install a statue into the Jewish Temple...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Morcelliana
2023
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Henoch
Year: 2023, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-75 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40
/ Caligula Roman Empire, Emperor 12-41
/ Temple (Jerusalem, Motiv)
/ Temple
/ Veneration
/ Plato 427 BC-347 BC
/ Philosophy
/ SenecalPhilosophus, Lucius A. -65
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HA Bible |
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Philo of Alexandria
B Gaius Caligula B Blasphemy B Divinization B Jewish Alexandria |
| Summary: | The present paper highlights some crucial aspects of Philo’s Legatio ad Gaium, a work of the Alexandrian Platonist that grants some interesting clues into his life at the time of Gaius Caligula’s reign, especially concerning his attempt to stop Gaius’ plan to install a statue into the Jewish Temple and his claim to be worshiped as a god in the East. The paper argues that the Legatio shares some important features both with Platonic political philosophy and the portrayal of the tyrant in particular (that we find, for instance, in the Re- public), and also with the works of the Latin authors Seneca and Lucan, who depicted the Emperors Claudius and Nero as devious and dangerous rulers. |
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| ISSN: | 0393-6805 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Henoch
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