Review of Rediscovering E. R. Dodds
This is a review from BMCR which slipped between the cracks in November, but is surely of interest to followers of this site. Stray, Christopher, C. B. R. Pelling and […]
Tag Archives: Paganism
Two New Books of Interest
A new collection on the great Emperor Julian (still called ‘the Apostate’ in the title, in a remarkable acceptance of Christian value-judgements) is out from Brill. A look at the […]
new book: Proclus and the Chaldean Oracles
I’m excited to see that Nicola Spanu‘s new book on the great Neoplatonist Proclus ‘the Successor’ and theurgy will be published in August 2020, by Routledge. Surely one that will […]
Sinatti on Neoplatonic Demons and Angels
A new book on demons and angels in Neoplatonism has just been reviewed in BMCR by Cesare Sinatti – you can read the review here. The book is: Luc Brisson, […]
New book: Timotin, La prière dans la tradition platonicienne, de Platon à Proclus
Andrei Timotin’s latest has just been published – a comprehensive treatment of prayer in the Platonic Tradition. His book on demonology in Platonism is the definitive treatment on the subject, […]
New book: Langage des dieux, langage des démons, langage des hommes dans l’Antiquité
Here is a notice for what looks like a very exciting new volume on “language of the gods, of demons, and of humans in antiquity.” From its website at Brepols: […]
new books in Neoplatonism, spring 2017
Several juicy titles in Neoplatonic Studies are popping up for 2017 already. One is a promising-looking set of studies on Byzantine Perspectives on Neoplatonism, which includes a number of papers […]
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