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Cornutus

Die Griechischen Götter

Ein Überblick über Namen, Bilder und Deutungen
Hrsg. v. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, eingel., übers. u. m. interpretierenden Essays vers. v. Fabio Berdozzo, George Boys-Stones, Hans-Josef Klauck, Ilaria Ramelli u. Alexei V. Zadorojnyi

[The Greek Gods. A Survey About Names, Pictures and Analyses.]

2009. X, 259 pages.

Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia XIV

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Lucius Annaeus Cornutus was a Stoic philosopher living in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero. Of his works only the Epidromê tôn kata tên Hellênikên theologian paradedomenôn has been preserved and is here presented together with a German translation for the first time.
Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, who hailed from Leptis Magna in Libya, was a Stoic philosopher living in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero. Of his works (writings on rhetoric and philosophy; commentaries on works of the poet Virgil) only the Epidromê tôn kata tên Hellênikên theologian paradedomenôn ('Outline of what has been handed down about the Greek Science of the Divine') has been preserved and is here presented together with a German translation for the first time. This treatise represents a unique (and at the same time rather peculiar) compendium of Stoic allegorical interpretation of the Greek gods. It provides etymological and allegorical analyses of names, epithets and attributes of each Greek deity, extending from Uranus to Hades and referring to various aspects of their myths, rites and imagery in a remarkable attempt to interpret classic ancient polytheism by means of a sophisticated philosophy.
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Fabio Berdozzo Geboren 1976; 2000 Magister (»diploma di laurea«) an der Universität Padua, Italien; 2007 Promotion in Klassischer Philologie an der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen; seit 2009 Dozent für Griechisch und Latein (Nachfolge Dr. K.-H. Pridick) an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel.

George Boys-Stones is currently Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Toronto University.

Hans-Josef Klauck Geboren 1946; 1977 Promotion; 1980 Habilitation; 1982–97 Professor in Würzburg; 1997–2001 Professor in München, 1999–2003 Honorarprofessor an der Universität Pretoria/Südafrika; ab 2001 Full Professor, ab 2006 Naomi-Shenstone-Donnelley Professor an der Divinity School der University of Chicago; 2016 emeritiert.

Ilaria Ramelli Born 1973; earned two MAs, a PhD, a postdoc, and two Habilitations to Full Professor (History of Philosophy and Ancient Greek); Full Professor of Theology and K. Britt Chair (Graduate School of Theology, SHMS, Angelicum University), Senior Visiting Professor of Greek Thought, and the Director of International Research Projects.

Alexei Zadorojnyi is currently lecturer for Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at Liverpool University.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Jahrbuch Heilige Kunst — 37 (2009–11), S. 254–255
In: Anzeiger f.d.Altertumswissenschaft — 65 (2012), S. 165–168 (Florian Schaffenrath)
In: L'Antiquité Classique — 80 (2011), S. 275–276 (Jacques Schamp)
In: Berliner Zeitung — 4. Februar 2010, S. 32 (Dirk Pilz)
In: International Review of Biblical Studies — 56 (2009/10), 86, 1389
In: Allg.Ministerialbl.d.Bay.Staatsreg. — 2009, 518
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