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This two-volume set includes Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, survey the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it and the relationship between the pagan and Christian Acta. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.
List of contents
- VOLUME I
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- I. The Texts
- I. PSI 1160: The 'Boule Papyrus'
- II. P. Oxy. 1089: The Interview with Flaccus
- III. P. bibl. univ. Giss. 46: The 'Gerousia Acta'
- IV. Acta Isidori
- V A. P. Oxy. Ined.: Acta Diogenis (?)
- V B. P. Fouad 8
- VI. P Rendel Harris: Acta Hermiae (?)
- VII. Acta Maximi
- VIII. P. Oxy. 1242: Acta Hermaisci
- IX A. Acta Pauli et Antonini
- IX B. BGU 341
- IX C. P. R. Univ. Milano (PRUM)
- x. P. Oxy. 2177: Acta Athendori
- XI. Acta Appiani
- DUBIOUS AND UNIDENTIFIED FRAGMENTS
- XII. BGU 588
- XIII. P Fayum 217
- XIV. P. Erlangen n. 16
- XV. P. Aberdeen 136
- XVI. P. Bouriant 7
- XVII. P. Oslo. 170
- XVIII. Acta Heracliti
- XIX. P. Rylands 437
- XX-XXI. P. Rendel Harris ined. (a) and (b)
- II. Commentary
- SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
- The 'Theon-Dionysius Family' (II, P. Oxy. 1089)
- The Penalty (III, P. Giss. 46)
- The Imperial Chancery and the Privy Council (x, P. Oxy. 2177)
- Appendices
- I. Grammatical Observations
- II. The Tradition of the Martyr Literature
- III. Mime, Protocol, and Novel
- IV. The Controversy on the Acta Alexandrinorum
- V. The acta and the Cynics
- Select Bibliography
- Prosopographia
- Indexes A, B: Greek
- Index C: Index to the Commentary and Appendixes
- VOLUME II
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- - The Acts of The Christian Martyrs
- - The Earliest Acts: The Texts
- - Tradition and Form in the Acts of the Christian Martyrs
- - The Christian Persecutions
- - Notes
- The Texts and Translations
- 1. The Martyrdom of Polycarp
- 2. The Martyrdom of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice
- 3. The Martyrdom of Ptolemaeus and Lucius
- 4. The Acts of Justin and Companions
- 5. The Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne
- 6. The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs
- 7. The Martyrdom of Apollonius
- 8. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
- 9. The Martyrdom of Potamiaena and Basilides
- 10. The Martyrdom of Pinonis
- 11. The Acts of Cyprian
- 12. The Martyrdom of Fructuosus and Companions
- 13. The Martyrdom of Conon
- 14. The Martyrdom of Marian and James
- 15. The Martyrdom of Montanus and Lucius
- 16. The Martyrdom of Marinus
- 17. The Acts of Maximillian
- 18. The Acts of Marcellus
- 19. The Martyrdom of Julius the Veteran
- 20. The Martyrdom of Felix the Bishop
- 21. The Martyrdom of Dasius
- 22. The Martyrdom of Agape, Irene, Chione, and Companions
- 23. The Martyrdom of Irenaeus Bishop of Sirmium
- 24. The Martyrdom of Crispina
- 25. The Acts of Euplus
- 26. The Letter of Phileas
- 27. The Acts of Phileas
- 28. The Testament of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
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This two-volume set includes Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, survey the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it and the relationship between the pagan and Christian Acta. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.
