A list of the works of Origen (Jerome, Letter 33)
A correspondent kindly sent me some extracts of a English translation of Henri Crouzel’s book on Origen.[1] On p.37-38 I find an English translation of the list of Origen’s works, as given by Jerome...
View ArticleWhat happened to the later neoplatonists – a quotation from Damascius
A passage in Damascius’ commentary on the Phaedo sheds an interesting light on the later neoplatonist philosophers and their involvement in theurgy – the art of invoking the gods by magic: Some honour...
View ArticleGetty your hand out of my wallet – some way to go on open access, I fear
The Getty Museum laudably makes some images available online. Some of these (but not all) may be freely used for personal purposes online. Most of the images on their site are NOT usable by anyone...
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The Bankes 2nd c. Homer papyrus roll now online at the British Library
I wonder how many of us have ever heard of the “Bankes papyrus”? Certainly not I, before today. Yet it is a fascinating item. A tweet from Sarah Biggs alerted me that: The Bankes Homer is now online...
View ArticleAncient Christian Writers volumes online at Archive.org
A correspondant tells me of a website which lists the volumes of the ACW series, and, better, has links to some which are online at Archive.org! The link is here. Ah, those were the days, before...
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1st century inscription mentioning the library at Alexandria
A tweet drew my attention to a monument by a certain Tiberius Claudius Babillus which mentions the library of Alexandria. There is a Wikipedia article about him here, asserting that he died in 59 AD...
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A ray of light for Mithras at Hawarte on the 25th December?
I’ve been back working on the Mithras site in the evenings, and in particular looking at Mithraea found in recent years. I’ve created a page for these, and I’m going through them. Last night I was...
View ArticleFrom my diary
I’m mainly busy with the Mithras site at the moment. I’ve been working through a list of new finds since 1960 made by John W. Brandt, together with a list by Szabo Csaba. In each case I do a web...
View ArticleItalian items online!
I spend a very busy morning attempting to locate the publication of the Mithraeum in Vulci, in Etruria. My search was rewarded, after around 3 hours persistence, by discovering that it was online! It...
View ArticleHelp! How can I get hold of this?
Time for a public appeal! I’m trying to get hold of an exhibition catalogue, for an exhibition held at the town hall in Viterbo on 21 June 1997-10th January 1998, title: Il Mitreo di Vulci : Montalto...
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