tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378025299582121922.post3015093028723067968..comments2023-10-26T06:30:14.934-04:00Comments on New Testament Perspectives: Theophanies in Classical LiteratureMatthew D. Montoninihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16771037323124064875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378025299582121922.post-57304301522265887182011-01-12T10:12:29.990-05:002011-01-12T10:12:29.990-05:00There's an account in Herodotus' Persian W...There's an account in Herodotus' Persian Wars of Pan appearing to the Athenian runner (I think it was actually Phidippides) who was returning from Sparta after seeking their help against the approaching Persians.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327994186732841878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378025299582121922.post-87446440244539086362011-01-12T08:22:58.339-05:002011-01-12T08:22:58.339-05:00I forgot to add that the story of Philemon and Bau...I forgot to add that the story of Philemon and Baucis is set in Phrygia, not far away from Lystra. Acts 14 is a nice parallel: Zeus & Hermes (Acts), Jupiter & Mercury (Ovid).JM O'Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171066290239450750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378025299582121922.post-57224631978883230942011-01-12T08:04:24.729-05:002011-01-12T08:04:24.729-05:00Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.611-724 is a good example, t...Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.611-724 is a good example, though it is a myth story, of course. It also could be called a theoxeny - hospitality shown to the gods.JM O'Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171066290239450750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378025299582121922.post-12165758759786373072011-01-11T18:54:51.839-05:002011-01-11T18:54:51.839-05:00Hi, sometime visitor to your blog, though I've...Hi, sometime visitor to your blog, though I've never posted. I'd suggest the Homeric Hymns before the Iliad. The gods are everywhere in the Iliad, so 'theophany' is really more of the norm, although there are points, such as when Athena grants Diomedes the ability to see the gods on the battlefield in Book V (and the parallel scene between Aeneas and Venus in Aeneid II) which might be of interest. Some of the Homeric Hymns (I'm thinking especially of the Hymn to Aphrodite and the Hymn to Dionysus) do have long accounts of appearances of the gods in them. There's probably lots of interesting material to be found in tragedy too; I'm thinking of the end of Sophocles' Philoctetes and of several points in Euripides' Bacchae. The myth of Semele is an important theophany myth but I don't know where to direct you for a good telling of it (it's probably in Ovid somewhere). Hope this helps!Charles Augustine Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595342288766281103noreply@blogger.com