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Meetings with the ‘Naked Philosophers’ as a Case Study for the Greco-Indian Relations in the Time of Alexander

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Kubica O.
Studia Hercynia
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2021
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vol. 25
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issue 1
72-81
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The meetings with Indian gymnosophists (γυμνοσοφισταί) or ‘naked philosophers’ are one of the most popular motifs from the stories of Alexander the Great. The accounts of these meetings are preserved in Strabo, Plutarch, Arrian, Diogenes Laertius, and some later sources. These descriptions have been repeatedly analysed by previous scholars. However, most researchers focused on the problems of cultural differences and overlooked the issue of intercultural relations. They have often considered these descriptions in a dichotomous perspective. Therefore, the aim of this study is reconsideration of these accounts in the broader context of relations between the Greeks and the Indians with particular emphasis on the following issues: the communication problems, which occurred between the Greeks and the Indians, the relation between the asceticism in India and the Cynic philosophy in Greece, the relation between the Buddhist and early Indian sceptical thought and Greek philosophy. Because the study of these problems can lead to a biased search for influences, way of looking at them proposed in this paper is the so-called middle ground.
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Odwołania do Aleksandra Wielkiego i ich rola w Żywocie Demetriusza Plutarcha z Cheronei

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Zieliński T.
Collectanea Philologica
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2020
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issue 23
73-89
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Among all Plutarch’s Lives of men that lived after IV B.C., the biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes contains the most references to Alexander the Great. It is noteworthy that references to this figure in comparison to other Plutarchean biographies occur in greater numbers and in various contexts. The article is an attempt to demonstrate that the references to Alexander the Great played an important role in the construction of the Plutarch’s Life of Demetrius. Thus their purpose was to portrayal Poliorcetes as a failed imitator of famous Macedonian king. The considerations presented in the article can be used as an argument for changing the image of Demetrius in scholarly literature.
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Alexander the Undertaker: Persians, Bactrians, and ataphoi

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Mendoza M.
Studia Hercynia
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2023
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vol. 27
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65-87
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Alexander’s famous ban of the exposure of the corpses in Bactra has been long studied. Mostly the discussion has focused on the veracity of the account and his compliance with the Zoroastrian rites. The analysis of the reasons that led Alexander to the ban has hitherto been very superficial, only outlining the apparently exceptional character of that action. This paper tries to put this prohibition into a broader context. For this purpose, a look at the previous actions of Alexander in relation to the foreigners’ corpses must first be taken. Also, the extremely negative conception of the unburied in the Hellenic culture, religion, and politics needs to be properly assessed. Only after this analysis, the signification of the prohibition can be rightly apprehended and integrated into the wider context of Alexander’s conquest, and not regarding it as a mere king’s whim. This Bactrian episode stands for a good example of how the Macedonian campaign put face to face conflicting religious practices.
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The forgotten ones. Thracians and Thessalians in Bactria-Sogdiana

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Mendoza M.
Studia Hercynia
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2021
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vol. 25
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48-71
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The presence and pre-eminence of settlers from the Northern Aegean world in early Hellenistic Bactria-Sogdiana have been tacitly accepted by scholars since Robert’s paper in 1968. The present article challenges the idea which backs up this assumption and also provides some new evidence with a greater focus on the Thracian and Thessalian cases. In this paper, it will be assessed that the hitherto accepted proofs are mostly circumstantial and not compelling. However, the dismissal of these pieces of evidence does not imply the total rebuttal of the possible presence of settlers from Thrace and Thessaly, but a reassessment of their importance and the times and circumstances of their arrival, proposing different migratory waves and purposes behind these populational movements. In consequence, this reassessment also implies new insight about how they would have been integrated into the complex multicultural mosaic of Bactria-Sogdiana.
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List Konstantyna do Aleksandra i Ariusza a zwołanie Soboru Nicejskiego

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Pietras H.
Vox Patrum
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2006
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vol. 49
531-547
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L’articolo presenta il testo e il commento dełla lettera dell’Imperatore Costantino, l’unico documento legato alla controversia ariana, per il qual e possibile stabilire la data: fine settembre 324, dopo il ritorno di Costantino dalia guerra eon Licinio. L’analisi mette il rilievo l’opinione dell’Imperatore sull’importanza della controversia: che era di poco e che Alessandro e Ario dovrebbero far pace immediatamente.
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Reading Plutarch of Chaeronea: A Cinematic Portrait of the Youth of Alexander the Great as Envisaged by Robert Rossen and Oliver Stone

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Antczak K., Ionescu D. T.
Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
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2015
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vol. 17
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issue 26
161-175
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Reading Plutarch of Chaeronea: A Cinematic Portrait of the Youth of Alexander the Great as Envisaged by Robert Rossen and Oliver Stone This article is a study of the dynamics of interaction between historiography and “historiophoty” i.e. between a historical source – Plutarch’s Life of Alexander – and two epic films: R. Rossen’s Alexander Th e Great (1956) and O. Stone’s Alexander (2004). The authors of this study were interested in the cinematographic treatment of the legends, and so-called “historical truths” surrounding the birth, childhood, and early youth (boyhood or teenage years) of Alexander.
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Literární prameny o dětech a pro děti. Příspěvek ke komparaci historiografických pramenů a literatury středověku v českých zemích

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Dvořáčková-Malá D.
Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
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2016
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vol. 19
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issue 1
35-85
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The study deals with a comparison of the literary and historiographic sources of the Middle Ages in the Czech lands in relation to the life of children and conception of childhood in the written monuments. It starts from the fact that childhood has not yet been assessed in entertaining literature. The text follows the conception of childhood on several levels; the predestination of children, the reflection of the divine child and the education and way of life of children. At the same time, it makes distinctions in the individual genres and gender breakdowns, and also in the assessment of a good and bad society. Using the example of new translations form the domestic German literature and its comparison with the Latin and Old-Czech sources from the Czech lands, it proves that the literary monuments comprise a component of the source historiographic matter. At the same time, it also follows the genesis of literature for children with that, namely a comparison of the earliest evidence on the future fairy tales for children.
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Personalia w Drugim Liście do Tymoteusza 4,9-15

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Wilk J.
Collectanea Theologica
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2017
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vol. 87
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issue 1
49-74
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The article comprises theological deliberations on the persons referredto by name in 2 Timothy 4:9-15. These persons can be divided into twogroups. The first group consists of those who remained with the ApostlePaul, had a positive attitude towards him, or completed missions appointedby Paul during his imprisonment. They are as follows: Crescens (?), Titus,Luke, Mark, Tychicus and Carpus. The second group comprises his closestcollaborators who, for unknown reasons, abandoned Paul, or became (orhad been from the first meeting) his fierce opponents. Demas and Alexanderbelong to this group.If we assume that the Second Epistle to Timothy was written by Paul,each of those individuals referred to in the analysed passage occupied, tosome extent, the mind of the imprisoned Apostle. If we assume that 2 Timothy is a pseudepigraph, we obtain a list of people who, according to theauthor of the text, had clear influence on the Apostle of the Nations duringhis final stage of life. In the times of the early Church, all name-basedreferences to specific people (who were often well regarded] in Christiancommunities), might have constituted obscure references to current situationsin the respective communities of the followers of Jesus Christ.
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