“Going beyond all bounds to the realm of myth” in describing the “other”
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“Going beyond all bounds to the realm of myth” in describing the “other”
Category Archives: Ancient ethnography and paradoxography
“Marvels” yet again: Long-lost fountain of viagra
“Marvels” yet again: Long-lost fountain of viagra
“The head . . . proclaimed these verses”: Another (ancient) ghoulish story for halloween
“The head . . . proclaimed these verses”: Another (ancient) ghoulish story for halloween
A ghost story (from Phlegon): Bouplagos stood up from among the dead (Bou!)
A ghost story (from Phlegon): Bouplagos stood up from among the dead (Bou!)
A Hellenistic Twilight Zone episode (and a Jewish parallel story)
A Hellenistic Twilight Zone episode (and a Jewish parallel story)
‘Come! Plunge the knife into the baby’: Tertullian’s not-so-subtle retort
‘Come! Plunge the knife into the baby’: Tertullian’s not-so-subtle retort
Bandits and their wild banquets: Lapiths and Centaurs
Bandits and their wild banquets: Lapiths and Centaurs
Banquets of the anti-associations: “They sacrificed a human being and partook of the flesh”
Banquets of the anti-associations: “They sacrificed a human being and partook of the flesh”
Human sacrifice and cannibalism again — oh, and sexual perversion too
Human sacrifice and cannibalism again — oh, and sexual perversion too
New research project on Ethnicity, Diaspora, and Ethnographic Culture in the Greco-Roman World
New research project on Ethnicity, Diaspora, and Ethnographic Culture in the Greco-Roman World
Phlegon’s Believe It or Not: Man undergoes sex change only to reverse it
Phlegon’s Believe It or Not: Man undergoes sex change only to reverse it
Regional rivalries and humour in the Greco-Roman world (Jokes 2)
Regional rivalries and humour in the Greco-Roman world (Jokes 2)
Rhetorical functions of Satan: From Babylon the whore to devilish super-apostles (Satan 7)
Rhetorical functions of Satan: From Babylon the whore to devilish super-apostles (Satan 7)
Satanic conspiracies of the 1970s and 1980s (Satan 12)
Satanic conspiracies of the 1970s and 1980s (Satan 12)
The “savage” Marcion: Ethnographic stereotypes in attacking “heretics”
The “savage” Marcion: Ethnographic stereotypes in attacking “heretics”
The Gospel of Judas and ethnographic stereotypes: The priests “sacrifice their own children”
The Gospel of Judas and ethnographic stereotypes: The priests “sacrifice their own children”