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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
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My Last Chore for You, DCH
... I am not saying that the final editor HAS to be T J Alexander, but to me he was a good candidate for the dismissive POV about excesses in entertainment prevalent at Rome. Of course <aaarrrgghhh!!> This *could* be Philo's own words, but I am aware that Philo's works circulated under various name...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Teiresias
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2687
Re: Philo and Aristophanes' Eros Myth
DVC 63 , but my trans. below: 63. σιωπῶ τὰ τῶν μύθων πλάσματα καὶ τοὺς δισωμάτους, οἳ κατ’ ἀρχὰς προσφύντες ἀλλήλοις ἑνωτικαῖς δυνάμεσιν αὖθις οἷα μέρη συνεληλυθότα διεζεύχθησαν, τῆς ἁρμονίας ὑφ’ ἧς συνείχοντο λυθείσης· εὐπαράγωγα γὰρ ταῦτα πάντα, δυνάμενα τῇ καινότητι τῆς ἐπινοίας τὰ ὦτα δελεάζειν...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Thoughts on Secret Mark by Smith and Landau
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12312
Re: Thoughts on Regardie, Corrected
Thank you, Stephen. That is an entirely different interpretation, not one that I agree with, but meriting consideration. Edited as I see it: "Crowley was in England in the Thirties when Stephensen’s book was published. When was the article you have about the **Somebody Something** 'zwischen Sch...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:25 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Thoughts on Secret Mark by Smith and Landau
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12312
Re: Thoughts on Scholem and Smith's "Mittel-Danj"
In a rant above emerges this question: "Where is the footnote confirming Smith's interest in Crowley?" Try Klawans footnote 49. Or, to restate, in a letter from Smith to Scholem dated November 26, 1945, Smith mentions Crowley--eight times. Morton Smith and Gershom Scholem, correspondence ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:29 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 451
Re: The Catamites of Flaccus?
De Vita Contemplativa says: 51. βαθυχαῖται γάρ εἰσιν ἢ μὴ κειρόμενοι τὸ παράπαν ἢ τὰς προμετωπιδίους αὐτὸ μόνον ἐξ ἄκρων εἰς ἐπανίσωσιν καὶ γραμμῆς κυκλοτεροῦς ἠκριβωμένον σχῆμα· χιτῶνάς τε ἀραχνοϋφεῖς καὶ ἐκλεύκους ἐπαναζωσάμενοι, τὰ μὲν ἐμπρόσθια κατωτέρω τῶν ὑπὸ γόνου, τὰ δὲ κατόπιν μικρὸν ὑπὸ το...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 451
Re: The Catamites of Tiberius?
Wiki is more authoritative than you here, unfortunately: Tiberius Julius Alexander (fl. 1st century) was an equestrian governor and general in the Roman Empire. Born into a wealthy Jewish family of Alexandria but abandoning or neglecting the Jewish religion, he rose to become the 2nd procurator of J...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 451
Re: The Catamites of Tiberius?
Tiberius Alexander born c.14 AD and raised at Tiberius Court from 24 AD (Aged 10?) would indeed have seen things, until c.36 AD.
If T. Alexander Jr. were Philo's source, Tiberius and/or Caligula could have been the obscured targets. That late-dates Philo's Essene and Therapeut works, however.
If T. Alexander Jr. were Philo's source, Tiberius and/or Caligula could have been the obscured targets. That late-dates Philo's Essene and Therapeut works, however.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 451
Whoa, whoa -- easy there, chief.
Ahhh, no. Sections 40-63 are about the Greeks or Romans (its unclear exactly WHO) contrasted with the Therapeutae. IF T. Alexander (Jr.) was held as a child hostage and raised at the Imperial Royal Court (I cannot remember where I read that, sorry), it is indeed possible that this nephew detailed co...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:01 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: The Catamites of Tiberius?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 451
The Catamites of Tiberius?
I've been closely examining Philo's DVC . In most translations, this startling bit is generally neutralized. It should be translated precisely, because Philo provides an extraordinarily detailed description of child sex-workers, as he saw them . That itself raises questions, but I argue this diatrib...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Gay Conversion Therapy, Brazilian Evangelical Edition
- Replies: 0
- Views: 166
Gay Conversion Therapy, Brazilian Evangelical Edition
I fell down the Influencers' rabbit-hole, and from a local YouTuber, I found this emotionally-intelligent young person's video about a fairly typical 'conversion therapy' experience c.2019. It's enlightening and informative -- not inappropriate nor offensive, though obviously Gay!