Irving, TX 75062 Christians were known by the label Christian. Danaus agreed to the marriage of his daughters only after Aegyptus came to Argos with his fifty sons in order to protect the local population, the Argives, from any battles. . Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience. Five Reasons Why Mythicism is Disappointing, Where Morality Comes From a Rawlsian view, As for Near Death Experiences, I ask myself what is more likely: that a person really did in some sense, There are tonnes of things in the ot that draw from ancient near East beliefs, further Myth made fact a, Dear Austendw, Darshans essay is fascinating, and shows in my opinion how much Leviticus sacrificial and purity laws are at, Hi Neil As you may remember, I have not in the past been a fan of Russell Gmirkins theory that, I wish there was an edit button: These bittersweet messages seem, to me, to be more of a sigh of, The problem of course is that the serpents advice is perfectly reasonable and indeed wise. Another move of this kind, as we have just noted, is the transfer of the hatred of humankind label to Christians, probably made in parallel with the use of the specific name of Chrestiani for them. I reserve all rights, but I give permission to use this page in Bible studies or other FREE ways. Belus had two sons, Danaus and Aegyptus. available online @ http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/14213, Your email address will not be published. . Thus was he removed from the world. Best, John", John Moles, September 2011 (personal email), "I always enjoy reading Neils blog because I think that he is careful, thorough, intellectually fair, and honest. . Wilson) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 7 (trans. 3 (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) This was not a large crowd! Eusebius, Hist. Crossans Jesus and the Violence of Scripture (SPCK 2015), a passage re Nero, not because I support either of these writers in their views of HJ but because it rang a bell regarding the transmission of the (divine?) Shaws points here are significant. . The problems here are almost overwhelming. . Prior to this episode the letter notes in very general terms that. Through envy and jealousy, the greatest and most righteous pillars [of the Church] have been persecuted and put to death. . "Dirke (Dirce) danced, spouting her whirling waters along with her father Ismenos (Ismenus).". ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 6:14). As such he was bound, by a kind of natural enmity, to have been the first to persecute the Christians; as Sulpicius puts it, because vice is always the enemy of the good.[68] The second is the political interest of the Christians in representing themselves as Neros victims, in order to win the favour and protection of his successors on that account. I know of no other site which offers a wide range of topics related to careful critical analysis of historically and scripturally related issues. The presumed authenticity of Tacitus passage (Annals 15:44) has long been a key plank in the case for the existence of an historical Jesus, within the long but lately resurgent question (now popularly referred to as Jesus mythicism) as to whether Jesus actually existed or is a fictional/allegorical character. To read more about Neil, see our. Danaus didn't want that his beautiful and prosperous Argos suffer because of a war. My own take on how the myth later developed, to appear full-blown in the writings of Sulpicius Severus, sees it as a combination of both Roman and Christian thinking in regard to the Fire and the blame the Christians tendency. 57 (trans. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This excerpt from the Letter of Clement, written around 95 AD, is important historical evidence of the martyrdom of Peter and Paul in Rome after Pauls journey to Spain. Slingerland, Howard Dixon (1997). The danger they presented to society meant that they could be punished for being a Christian. Christians, like the Jews, came to think ofNero asan evil apocalyptic figure, the one who had supposedly killed Peter and Paul and was the first persecutor of the Christians. 20.135, who served Claudius and advised him to side with the Samaritans in their dispute against the Jews (pp. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Rather, the punishments Suetonius speaks of may well have been one of the occasional banishments from Rome that Jews experienced. He certainly knew of the Great Fire. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. But Lycus married Dirce. Guided by the gods and not intending to cause a war between them, he decided to give his kingdom to his brother and leave the country in search for another life. Dirce who treats Antiope cruelly throughout her life, instructs the twins to kill their mother. You cannot have grace without repentance and faith. In retribution the twins, tie Dirce to the horns of a bull and guide it, dragging her to a painful death. 6:2 By reason of jealousy women being persecuted, after that they had suffered cruel and unholy insults as Danaids and Dircae, safely reached the goal in the race of faith, and received a noble reward, feeble though they were in body. 1 Clem. (I) Why does Clement quote so many texts of the Old Testament and only a few words . This document is the earliest Christian writing besides the New Testament documents. Neil is the author of this post. It reflects well on you. Why the Split? Author: Nicolas Roeg. The two narrative lines look too similar to be independent of one another. The third or fourth bishop of Rome has been proposed, but there are numerous pseudepigraphical texts attached to his name and no certain provenience or date can be established for the text. Overlooked or downplayed in the longstanding debate over the Tacitus passage has been the stark fact that no Christian commentator for over three centuries ever refers to a general anti-Christian pogrom by Nero (beyond the legendary executions of Peter and Paul, which are never linked to the fire). Now turn to the Book of Revelation, and we find that the Nero-like figure who is coming to destroy and kill on a cosmic scale is none other than Christ. But I have often been impressed with their grasp of logic and analysis of scholarship. 25. We will focus on repentance and grace in chapters 7 and 8. In the Metamorphoses,[1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus. But if Tacitus was picking up on an initial development of that myth in the interval between Nero in 64 CE and himself (writing only a decade or so into the 2nd century), it is virtually impossible to believe that Christians themselves would not have picked up on this development (they would hardly have remained ignorant of it for so long) and embraced it as a prime example of the establishments persecution of their new faith. For example, when Tacitus says that there arose a distaste towards Nero for his executions because they were perceived to be a concession to the emperors bestiality and not a contribution to the utilitas publica of the state, he is surely echoing a dominant ideology not of the 60s but of his own age. Im so glad youre helping to spread these ideas! The climax of the story starts here. Greeka? Slingerland proceeds to take on the notorious crux in Suet. can be read possibly as Philinna according to Mauricius Schmidt in his annotations of Hyginus. To get rid of the rumour, Nero found and provided the defendants, and he afflicted with the most refined punishments those persons whom, hated for their shameful acts, Christians were afflicted with punishments, a type of men of a new and evil, What seems to have happened under Claudius and then again under Nero is the temporary banishment of some Jewish sectarians from the city of Rome, but not, in any event, persons who would logically have been labelled at the time as a new and evil, At the time, and indeed up to the decades after 100 C.E., among Roman writers, including Tacitus, it was the Jews rather than the Christians whose beliefs and practices were being labelled a. 2:12). Chapter VI.Continuation. The originator of this name, Christus [Chrestus? Through envy and jealousy, the greatest and most righteous pillars [of the Church] have been persecuted and put to death. I know certain arguments in isolation do seem very persuasive, such as the forgery one. ", "For an excellent example of generally high-quality scholarship by someone who isnt a biblical studies professor, see Neil Godfreys work posted on the website vridar.org. Even later Roman historians do not reflect the myth, such as Suetonius and Cassius Dio, and Shaws suggested reasons for this are hardly adequate. They first made a stop in Rhodes, where they founded Lindos town and built a temple to goddess Athena Lindia. Lynceus, the only survivor of the fifty sons of Aegyptus, later killed Danaus to revenge for his brothers. Envy has alienated wives from their husbands, and changed that saying of our father Adam, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. Envy and strife have overthrown great cities and rooted up mighty nations. Note what Arthur Drews said in The Roman Witneses; Tacitus in The Witnesses to the Historicity of Jesus:, Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Co. (c1912) , Finally, there is the complete silence of profane writers and the vagueness of the Christian writers on the matter; the latter only gradually come to make a definite statement of a general persecution of the Christians under Nero, whereas at first they make Nero put to death only Peter and Paul. Scholars Press. A shepherd who is a father figure to the boys after helping to raise them convinces them of the truth that Antiope is their real mother. The list in the Bibliotheca[3] preserves not only the names of brides and grooms but also those of their mothers. Ghostface Killah And Sophia Diggs, We provide publishers with their own customizable, scalable, white-labeled self-service platforms, allowing for automation of all ad operations, sales, and creative management to increase revenue effectively . We must not forget what a close connection there is between this narrative and the whole of Christian history, and what interest religious education and the Church have in preventing any doubt from being cast on it.. 57 (trans. (I imagine the google search in . Hence the work was almost unknown throughout the Middle Ages, and no one was aware of the reference in it to a Roman persecution of the Christians. 2. I do need to touch on the two women Clement lists, "the Danaids and Dircae." According to the footnote in The Ante-Nicene Fathers, they are either two unknown women or the phrase was possible added later. ", Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 7 (trans. But the following passage speaks of Paul: Let us set before our eyes the illustrious apostles. Paul says that he went throughout the world preaching that the Gentiles should repent and turn to God, doing works suitable for repentance" (Acts 26:20). Wilson) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : 20:28). You can download the paper by clicking the button above. Belus was believed to be a descendant of Io, a princess of Argos who lived most of her life in Egypt. Attached to the account of Neros atrocities against the Christians is an explanation of the derivation of their name, making reference to a man who had suffered the extreme penalty at the hands of Pontius Pilate. But Lykos and his wife Dirke (Dirce) imprisoned Antiope and treated her despitefully. The gods Athena and Hermes purified them at the command of Zeus. The spring called Dirke (Dirce), running parallel to the Ismenos (Ismenus) and the walls themselves, which had always previously had clear and pure water, was suddenly and unexpectedly filled with blood. . Several minor female characters, mentioned in various accounts unrelated to the main myth of Danaus and the Danades, are also referred to as daughters of Danaus. Therefore it is likely that Tacitus attests the persecution of the Chrestien Jews noted by Suetonius, given that most classical scholars do not identify Chrestus with Christ. The phrase a type of men of a new and evil superstitio, in Shaws assessment, reads very much like Suetoniuss own commentary drawing upon what was known of Christians in his day, in the early second century. What seems to make the idea so compelling and impossible to dismiss is that it is based on a high quality historical source of apparently unimpeachable fidelity, the, Not by any human resources, not by the benefactions of the emperor, and not by any placating of the gods did. I like Hurtados works on Christology, but at the same time I have to be alert to the fact that he has conveniently found arguments that support his personal Christian beliefs so one does need to read his critics at the same time. At the same time a Nero myth was maturingamong the lower classes. But how could the legend arise that Nero was the first to persecute the Christians? Journal of Roman Studies, 105, pp 73-100 doi:10.1017/S0075435815000982. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism (JGRChJ). Yet a man in Plinys position could not have failed to have known that Christians had been condemned to death by torture had such an event really happened. Dirke was originally the wife of King Lykos (Lycus) of Thebes who, as punishment for the mistreatment of her niece Antiope, was tied to a wild bull and torn limb from limb. Response to Christopher Jones: The Historicity of the Neronian Persecution. After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Theoi Project Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand, (Callimachus Hymn to Delos, Nonnus Dionysiaca 44.10). That those accused of starting the fire that destroyed a large segment of Rome were set alight as human torches is an example of this practice. All his daughters had to obey their father, because disobeying to your parents was a great wrongdoing in the ancient world. When her time was approaching, by the will of Jove [Zeus] she escaped from her chains to Mount Cithaeron, and when birth was imminent and she dsought for a place to bear her child, pain compelled her to give birth at the very crossroads. 1:13). In a footnote Holmes explains the reference to Danaids and Dircae: "[I]n ancient mythology the daughters of Danaus were given as prizes to the winners of a race; thus it is likely that this is a reference to Christian women being raped prior to being martyred. When she was with child, and her father threatened her, she ran away to Epopeus at Sikyon (Sicyon) and was married to him. Paul explains the problem in Romans 7. The Christians were expecting the end of the world by fire and they thought this might be it. His preaching of repentance only reached his wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law. It might help to read my story of discovering the true purpose of the atonement at https://www.rebuildingthefoundations.org/faith-and-works-story.html in the Scriptures and the early fathers. And he brings into play the unnamed freedmen referred to by Josephus, Ant. Greek text available from the same website, Online version at the Perseus Digital Library, Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danades&oldid=1129780773, Archedice, along with her sister Helice and two others, chosen by lot by the rest, had founded the temple of Lindian, This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 03:05. Maybe this was because he loathed Christians too much to mention them at all anywhere in his work. Then notice Tacitus explaining to his readers that these Christians were just as people in his own day thought of them the harbingers of a new and degraded form of superstitio. As such refusals could provoke violent reactions from their pagan husbands (including sexual abuse), Clement metaphorically called these Christian women Dircae, the bull being a symbol of unchained debauchery. He also presented a circus entertainment and in the dress of a charioteer he either mixed with the crowd or stood in his own chariot. Im also happy to see even Jim giving Neil credit where credit is due. Through envy, those women, the Danaids and Dirc, being persecuted, after they had suffered terrible and unspeakable torments, finished the course of their faith with steadfastness, and though weak in body, received a noble reward. Do not hesitate to ask the community! Parts came from written records about the fire, and oral recollections; others came from contemporary cognizance of imperial administrators about such an identifiable and threatening group, and still others were further contemporary sources that linked the Christians with Nero. 2:5). "[The rivers and springs flee before the pregnant goddess Leto, fearing the wrath of Hera should they provide her refuge :] Fled, too, Aonia [Boiotia] on the same course, and [the Naiades] Dirke (Dirce) and Strophia, holding the hands of their sire, dark-pebbled Ismenos (Ismenus). He wrote of one of several episodes of people in the East gaining following by falsely claiming to be Nero returning to re-claim theempire. And Juno was propitiated by Roman matrons, first on the Capitol and then at the nearby seashore from which water was drawn and sprinkled on the temple and the image of the goddess. Then, Danaus and his daughters reached Argos, the birthplace of his great-grand-mother, the Argian princess Io. Shaws article is valuable for casting such doubt on a supposedly key Christian martyr tradition, but his particular case is seriously flawed. I think I was the first to present a comprehensive case (587-630) for the whole Neronian persecution as a consequence of the Great Fire, let alone the idea of any Christian responsibility for it, as being a later myth. 1. Instead, the apostles and the early fathers understood that Jesus came to really take away sin. Ec., II, 25. ", "Thanks for this detailed interaction! the name was corrupted according to Mauricius Schmidt in his annotations in Hyginus. Copyright 2023 Famous Quotes & Sayings. When Belus died, he ordered Danaus king of Libya and Aegyptus, king of Arabia. pp. They indeed killed their bridegrooms and buried their heads in Lerma, a region with lakes in southern Argos. The Roman satirist Juvenal, another contemporary, wrote in the same vein of the Jews. . Danaus ruled Argos for many years and was leading a quiet life till one day a foreign ship came. They thought this might serve their purpose. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 511 E John Carpenter Fwy Ste 500 Good job. Indeed, the degree of certainty in the Neronian persecution stands in almost inverse proportion to the quality and quantity of the data. ", Aelian, Historical Miscellany 12. Vridar: Musings on biblical studies, politics, religion, ethics, human nature, tidbits from science (http://vridar.org/) by Neil Godfrey", -- Klaas Spronk, - Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXI, 3/4 (2014). Nor does Acts 18:1-3 help the cause, for its reference to Jews expelled from Rome who joined Paul in Corinth does not suggest that they were Christians when they left Rome. was embraced by Jupiter [Zeus]. He lists Peter, Paul andDanaids and Dircae. Dirke was probably the same as the nymphe Derketis. Shawnotes that from time to time detailed arguments do appear to claim the following passage is a later interpolation in whole or in part. It teaches us to "deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live sober, righteously, and godly in this present age" (Tit. Its an interesting hypothesis. A fuller account is then given in the Chronicle of Sulpicius Severus (died 403 A.D.), but it is mixed with the most transparent Christian legends, such as the story of the death of Simon Magus, the bishopric and sojourn of Peter at Rome, etc. Tacitussincerely thought he had, in the late 110s and early 120s, evidence that a new sect known as Christians had been accused of being responsible for starting the fire, and that they were punished by Nero in order to deflect suspicions directed at himself. The minute he stepped off the ship, he went to Gelanoras, the king of the town, and demanded to be given the throne, for he was the rightful heir, as descendent of Io. 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The myth says that Danaus had fifty daughters, known as the Danaides, from four different women, while Aegyptus had fifty sons. He and Tacitus were junior senators in the time of Domitian when the fire was still being commemorated on public boundary markers. Shaw, a classicist, demonstrates a critical approachthat is all too seldom encountered among ancient historians and theologians who refuse to face the questionable quality of their primarysources. It is used in the Roman Office of Readings for the liturgical memorial of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome on June 30. Some accounts tell that their punishment in Tartarus was being forced to carry a jug to fill a bathtub (pithos) without a bottom (or with a leak) to wash their sins off. The Roman elites, meanwhile, came to remember Nero as a malicious villain. doi:10.1017/S0028688517000352. His brother, Aegyptus, had sent his fifty sons to find Danaus and try to take over his new kingdom. The reason for Nero attacking the Christians (including the deaths of Peter and Paul), according to Lactantius, was the same as we read of in Plinys correspondence: the pagan cults were being abandoned because of the success of Christian preaching. Myths that Nero would one-day return to overthrow his enemies had circulated. 18:30]. Where to stay? We saw the phrase "grace of repentance" in the last chapter. "Antiopa, daughter of Nycteus . A third list was provided by the English antiquarian, Henry Ellis which was derived from Hyginus. They would be released from this punishment, only if the basin was full of water. Sheffield Phoenix Press. - Letter to the Corinthians, ch. Finally a clever forger (Poggio?) Notice that he says that those whom Nero rounded up were called Christians/Chrestians. Another contemporary, Pliny, shared the same negative view of Christians. | Privacy Policy The first part of the article explores the context in which these designations appear. DIRKE (Dirce) was the Naiad-nymph of the spring of Dirke near Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece). Translation. hmm no. I call them amateurs only for the reason that they dont have, so far as I know, advanced degrees in the subject. God proved for over a thousand years of working with Israel that we humans are prone neither to repentance doing good. In this chapter, Clement calls God's desire for the repentance of sinners a "gracious declaration." Shaw, Brent D. (2018). Having no other option, he consented for the wedding and organized a low-profile wedding party. "Neil, for what it is worth it is obvious to me that if you had earlier in life tracked into a graduate program at one of the worlds leading research universities you would be one of the worlds formidable ones. ISMENOS (Callimachus Hymn to Delos, Nonnus Dionysiaca 44.10), Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 6:7-9). The third or fourth bishop of Rome has been proposed, but there are numerous pseudepigraphical texts attached to his name and no certain provenience or date can be established for the text. . The book is set and revised in Rome, but was not written there, and dates from the mid-2nd century. He says: Evidently two developments had taken place prior to his writing the Annales: Danaus did not want his daughters to go ahead with the marriages and he fled with them in the first boat to Argos, which is located in Greece near the ancient city of Mycenae. | About Us ", "Neil, Youve done a clean job in your posting on Jesus the Healer. hero concept in European and Jewish mythology, and his (apocalyptic?) Three were burned to the ground. We are therefore strongly disposed to suspect that the passage (Annals, xv, 44) was transferred from Sulpicius to the text of Tacitus by the hand of a monastic copyist or forger, for the greater glory of God and in order to strengthen the truth of the Christian tradition by a pagan witness.[67]. As Peter wrote,"I think it is right, as long as I am in this tabernacle [this body], stir you up by reminding you" (2 Pet. In the most common version of the myth, all but one of them killed their husbands on their wedding night, and are condemned to spend eternity carrying water in a sieve or perforated device. Tacitus and Suetonius speak elsewhere of the Jews as representinga pernicious religion, of expulsions of Jews from Rome, of corrupt practices coming from the east, including Judea. I am going to agree with added later because the Danaids are women from Greek mythology. As always, grace and peace to all those who love our Lord Jesus, the Christ, in truth. Cf. I shall not attempt to suggest why Jews or Christians might have thought badly of this imperial Apollo, especially as in currently predominant fashion the former could never have done wrong and the latter can never do right; and trust also that this doesnt provoke a tedious academic Armageddon over the real identity of 666. Christians and Jews by the Fourth Century. And Dohertys point about the failure to reference Tacituss passage until very late, too Id like to assess it carefully against the alternative proposed by Shaw. You can return Home, go to the index of commentaries, or go to my categorized index of artices. 25. It is noteworthy that Poggio Bracciolini* seems by some lucky chance to have discovered and read this manuscript (work quoted, p. 225). To begin with, there is no evidence that Christians were crucified as a penalty for their faith. ], suffered (capital) punishment in the reign of Tiberius through the agency of the procurator Pontius Pilatus. . of an individual, and merge them with the art or ideas that belong to the childhood of a people. A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. These things, beloved, we write unto you, not merely to admonish you of your duty, but also to remind ourselves. They were the first executions of Christians performed at the behest of the Roman state. The historian certainly knew the differencebetween governors who were praefecti and those who were procuratores, and elsewhere he notes the distinction. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : With its atrium, its choir enclosed by a wall, its ambos, it is the most perfect model of an early basilica in Rome, though it was built as late as the first years of the twelfth century by Paschal II, after the destruction of this portion of the city by the Normans under Robert Guiscard. ISBN 1-905048-0-68. Jim Evans It is a great reminder for us today that if we are not repenting, we are not going to be among his beloved. They were to marry the 50 sons of Danaus' twin brother Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. 10 ff (trans. The Greek text in 6.2 is not without its complications, but it is entirely possible that the reference to the Danaids, alluding to how the daughters of Danas were given as prizes to the winners of a race, may be an indication of how some Christian women endured public rape before their executions. Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. 3 (trans. The entirety of his focus in condemning Nero concentrates on the preaching of Peter and Paul at Rome and the effects of their ideas in the city. 10 ff (trans. To these men who spent their lives in the practice of holiness, there is to be added a great multitude of the elect, who, having through envy endured many indignities and tortures, furnished us with a most excellent example. It is very possible that this was the house of St. Clement himself. It would take a separate article to cover the evidence for this word not being generally known among the elites of the likes of Tacitus, Juvenal, Pliny and Suetonius until the early second century. Books and publications are covered with a range of perspectives with attempts at fair and accurate representation of others arguments and content (where there are occasional and inevitable missteps on that I notice Neil making corrections and apologies where warranted, which wins points with me). 5. Because the water was always leaking, they would forever try to fill the tub. He himself loathed Nero. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus. When grace comes, sin loses its power over us (Rom. In almost every history of the early Christian Church, the event is marked as a dramatic turning point in the relations between Christians and the imperial government. For if I say to you: I recognise in that dream,such and such a myth; or in that emotion about my father, that folk-tale; or the atmosphere of that memory is the same as an English ballad-then you smile, you are satisfied. No specifically identifiable author can be fixed for these letters. The first part of the article explores the context in which these designations appear. Through envy, those women, the Danaids and Dircae, being persecuted, after they had suffered terrible and unspeakable torments, finished the course of their faith with stedfastness, and though weak in body, received a noble reward. Tom Berenger, It seems to me that being psycho-analysed is essentially a process where one is forced back into infantilism and then rescued from it by crystallising what one learns into a sort of intellectual primitivism-one is forced back into myth, and folk lore and everything that belongs to the savage or undeveloped stages of society. Top Danaides And Dircae Quotes Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball. Your clarity of expression, fair comments and personal insights are much valued. (p. 231), Allen, N.P.L. 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