Tag Archives: Hercules

Idealized Portraits of Jesus, Alexander the Great, and Aesop

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Celsus

I have been busy working on my dissertation recently, which has taken away some time from blogging, but today I will (briefly) share something interesting from my research. The topic of my dissertation is an analysis of the generic and thematic … Continue reading →

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Patterns of Myth-Making Between the Lives of Alexander the Great and Jesus Christ

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Celsus

Recently on Κέλσος I have been discussing the Alexander Romance and some of the similarities that this mythical biography of Alexander the Great shares with the New Testament Gospels. The earliest Greek version of the Alexander Romance that we possess dates to … Continue reading →

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