Articles by Eirini Afentoulidou
In a dialogue written by the Christian philosopher Aineas of Gaza (5 th c.), Theophrastos asks hi... more In a dialogue written by the Christian philosopher Aineas of Gaza (5 th c.), Theophrastos asks his interlocutor Euxitheos why God keeps creating human beings and did not create them all at once, as he had created the angels. Euxitheos answers that God knew that human beings could easily be deceived into worshipping angels as uncreated and eternal deities: God has foreseen that men, marvelling at the rational powers, believing them to be without beginning and un-generated, and making many Principles and innumerable gods, would introduce a disorderly democracy instead of the well-ordered monarchy. 1
Byzantina 22 (2001) 123-147.
Hörandner – J. Koder – M. A. Stassinopoulou (eds.), Wiener Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik. Beiträge zum Symposion Vierzig Jahre Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik der Universität Wien im Gedenken an Herbert Hunger. Wien 2004, 45-52.
Junge Römer – Neue Griechen. Eine byzantinische Melange aus Wien. W. Hörandner, J. Koder, O. Kresten und W. Seibt als Festgabe zum 65. Geburtstag. Wien 2008, 7-13.
A. Rhoby – E. Schiffer (eds.), Imitatio – Aemulatio – Variatio. Akten des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Symposions zur byzantinischen Sprache und Literatur (Wien, 22.-25. Oktober 2008) (Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung XXI). Wien 2010, 45-56.
F. Bernard – K. Demoen (eds.), Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium. Aldershot 2012, 181-191.
Byzantinoslavica 70 (2012) 113-130
Parekbolai 2 (2012) 85-107.
The idea that the soul ascends through the air to heaven immediately after death, while demons ac... more The idea that the soul ascends through the air to heaven immediately after death, while demons act as tollkeepers and demand accountability for its sins, was one of the Byzantine notions of posthumous individual judgement. By the Middle Byzantine times, the basic rules of the aerial tollhouses had crystallised: Justice is serviced by applying the law, without the personal involvement of a judge; there is no place for intercession or mercy; one is saved or condemned by the sum of their own deeds alone; angels and demons are both part of a fair civil process; the space between heaven and earth is governed by the divine law. This article aims to investigate Byzantine perceptions of authority and the position of the individual, as conveyed in these texts.
HÖRANDNER, W., RHOBY, A., ZAGKLAS, N. (Hrsgg.): A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, 2019
Scripta & e-scripta: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediaeval Studies 18 (2018) 211-221
L. Sels, J. Fuchsbauer, V. Tomelleri & I. De Vos (eds.), Editing Mediaeval Texts from a Different Angle: Slavonic and Multilingual Traditions. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 276. Leuven – Paris – Bristol, CT, 2018, 143-160., 2018
C. Rapp – A. Külzer (eds.), The Bible in Byzantium: Appropriation, Adaptation, Interpretation. Journal of Ancient Judaism, Supplements. Göttingen 2019, 107-121., 2019
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Articles by Eirini Afentoulidou