Ariane Magny: 1 book
Porphyry in Fragments
Reception of an Anti-Christian Text in Late Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed (at the end the 3rd century A.D.) fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies...
