Simón, Francisco Marco (2018) A Place with Shared Meanings: Mithras, Sabazius, and Christianity in the "Tomb of Vibia". ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 58 (1-4). pp. 225-242. ISSN 0044-5975 (print); 1588-2543 (online)
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Abstract
Recent research has increasingly questioned the “grand dichotomy” between “Paganism” and Christianity and brings into light the prominence of spaces with shared meanings in diverse cults related to mystic beliefs and practices. An excellent example is Vibia’s tomb within Praetextatus’ catacomb, on the Via Appia. Dated to the 4th century AD, this place combines epigraphy and a fascinating iconography pointing to a mystic initiation of the deceased within a syncretic context.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | MTA KFB támogatási szerződés alapján archiválva |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pagan and Christian burials, initiation, interpretatio, syncretism, Mithras, Sabazius, otherwordly judgment, celestial banquet |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia |
| Depositing User: | László Sallai-Tóth |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2020 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 15:46 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/104162 |
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