Christianity
There are 512 items in Christianity:
Suq al-Awty, church graffiti |
Suq al-Awty, Church pillar |
Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches |
Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches |
Suq al-Awty, Church, Nave |
Susa, Tomb of Daniel
Susa (Elamitic, Babylonian: Šušim; Greek τὰ Σοῦσα): capital of Elam, favorite residence of the Persian king Darius I the Great. Mausoleum of Daniel Susa is mentioned…Synesius of Cyrene
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413): Neo-Platonic philosopher, sophist, and bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. Portrait of a Roman man, c. 400…Synesius of Cyrene (2)
Map of Cyrenaica In 409, Synesius was invited to become bishop of Ptolemais, a port west of Cyrene and the main…Synesius, Against Andronicus
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…Synesius, Homily 1
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the…Synesius, Homily 2
Homily 2 is essentially a set of two fragments that appear to be unrelated. The first fragment is a philosophical interpretation of Christmas (or Epiphany); the second seems to belong to a law suit between two neighboring cities (Ptolemais and…Synesius, Hymn 1
Hymn 1 is offered here in the translation by A. Fitzgerald. In Neo-Platonic terms, it describes Synesius' soul's longing to unite with the One.