Emperor Julian's Christmyth Message

[Leucius Charinus]

Well he may have called it his "Galilaeanmas Message" :)

FULL TEXT: http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes/J ... Kronia.htm

COMMENCES:

• "It is the season of the Kronia, [1] during which the
  god allows us to make merry. But, my dear friend,
  as I have no talent for amusing or entertaining I
  must methinks take pains not to talk mere nonsense."
  
  
  • "But, Caesar, can there be anyone so dull and
    stupid as to take pains over jesting? I always
    thought that such pleasantries were a relaxation of
    the mind and a relief from pains and cares."
  "Yes, and no doubt your view is correct, but that
  is not how the matter strikes me. For by nature I
  have no turn for raillery, or parody, or raising a
  laugh. But since I must obey the ordinance of the
  god of the festival, should you like me to relate to
  you by way of entertainment a myth in which there
  is perhaps much worth hearing?"
  
  • "I shall listen with great pleasure, for I too am not
    one to despise myths, and I am far from rejecting
    those that have the right tendency; indeed I am of
    the same opinion as you and your admired, or rather
    the universally admired, Plato. He also often
    conveyed a serious lesson in his myths."
  
  .........

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Did Julian convey a serious message in his myth?




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