Demons in Late Antiquity
Subtitle: Their Perception and Transformation in Different Literary Genres
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9783110626728
Subjects: Religion, history; Classical literature, history and criticism
Description: Since the perception of demons in antiquity depended on particular cultural and religious milieus, the authors in this volume take into view various texts ? ranging from amulets, spells, apocalypses, martyrdom literature to hagiography ? and focus specifically on literary aspects of the transformation of demons and their contextualization.