{"product_id":"julian-volume-iii-loeb-157","title":"USED Julian: Vol. III (3) (Loeb 157)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Julian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674991736\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Loeb Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubtitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: Letters\/Epigrams\/Against the Galilaeans\/Fragments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulian (Flavius Claudius Iulianus) “the Apostate,” Roman Emperor, lived AD 331 or 332 to 363. Born and educated in Constantinople as a Christian, after a precarious childhood he devoted himself to literature and philosophy and became a pagan, studying in various Greek cities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulian’s surviving works (lost are his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCommentaries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on his western campaigns), all in Greek, are given in the Loeb Classical Library in three volumes. The eight \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1–5 in Volume I, 6–8 in Volume II) include two in praise of Constantius, one praising Constantius’ wife Eusebia, and two theosophical hymns (in prose) or declamations, of interest for studies in neo-Platonism, Mithraism, and the cult of the Magna Mater in the Roman world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMisopogon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(“Beard-hater”), in Volume II, assails the morals of people in Antioch; the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (more than eighty), in Volume III, include edicts or rescripts, mostly about Christians, encyclical or pastoral letters to priests, and private letters. Lastly in Volume III are the fragments of the work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAgainst the Galilaeans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (the Christians), written mainly to show that evidence for the idea of Christianity is lacking in the Old Testament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loeb","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":43270493176032,"sku":"Books:9780674991736u","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/51qfA9kFN6L._SL1000.jpg?v=1768605624","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/julian-volume-iii-loeb-157","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}