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- Title
STATUE FEVER IN THE HEROICUS.
- Authors
Porter, James I.
- Abstract
Philostratus' Heroicus betrays an obsession with statues that demands explanation. Just as cult statues of epic heroes litter the contemporary second-century CE landscape, so do they litter Philostratus' text. No story of a hero is distinct from an ecphrasis of that hero's statue, and in practice a request for the one is a request for the other. Lifeless heroes (Protesilaus first and foremost) become vividly 'alive' in the imagination of their devotees and, occasionally, their Zoilean adversaries. As the lines between reality and fantasy blur, Philostratus' critique of material cultural practices accompanies and fortifies his better known Homerkritik.
- Subjects
FEVER; STATUES; EKPHRASIS; CULTS; IMAGINATION; HEROES; FANS (Persons)
- Publication
Cambridge Classical Journal, 2022, Vol 1, Issue 68, p181
- ISSN
1750-2705
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1750270522000045