Achilles as an Allegorical Anti-Adam in the <i>Pseudo-Clementine Homilies</i>

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In the Homilies the myth of Achilles and Polyxena is interpreted allegorically so as to illustrate, against other Christian thought, that Adam, in contrast to Achilles, was not guilty of sin.

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Benjamin De Vos, Ghent University

Ghent University

Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences

member of the Assisting Academic Staff and Phd-student

 

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2021-05-03

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