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Historical annotations to Flaubert's 'Temptation of St Anthony'

Jorn Barger August 2002

Athanasius's Life of Antony: [etext] [info] [etext w/anchors] [multipage] [vanilla] [Fordham]

Jerome's Life of St. Paul the Hermit: [etext] (not considered reliable)

Anthony: Cath, Pontitanus?, short DMoz


etexts

Babelfish:

1839: 'Smarh' [French]

1849: [French] [Google-trans] 2 [tr] 3 [tr] 4 [tr] 5 [tr] 6 [tr] 7 [tr] 8 [tr] 9 [tr] 10 [tr] 11 [tr] 12 [tr] 13 [tr] 14 [tr] 15 [tr] 16 [tr] 17 [tr] 18 [tr] 19 [tr]

1849: [French-600k]

1856: [French] [Google-trans] 2 [tr] 3 [tr] 4 [tr] 5 [tr] 6 [tr] 7 [tr] 8 [tr] 9 [tr] 10 [tr]

1856: [French-300k]

1874: [bi-ling] [French] [Google-trans] 2 [tr] 3 [tr] 4 [tr] 5 [tr] 6 [tr] 7 [tr] 8 [tr]

1874: [French-300k]


c444: death of Pelagius [Cath]

367: canon of Athanasius [info] [more]

c360: Athanasius writes Life of Antony

Ant visits Alexandria to help Ath fight Arianism

c350-c412??? Ammon [Cath]

no-dates: Balacius

c350: death of Paphnutius

c348: death of Spiridion

c348-420: Jerome

d341: Eusebius of Nicomedia [Cath]

Arians: [Newman-1833]

336: Arius dies in public toilet

335: Athanasius banished

332: Athanasius charged with murdering Arsenius

331: Eustatius/Eustathius deposed

326: Athanasius elected bishop

325: Novatians merge with the Donatists

325: First Council of Nicaea [Cath] [etexts]

320: Alexander excommunicates Arius

Theophilius, John, Alexander

313: Constantine's Edict of Milan promises state protection to Christians

c312-356: Anthony lives in cave on Al-Qalzam/Kolzim/Colzim mountain

311: martyrdom of Peter of Alexandria [Cath]

c310: Council of Elvira [Cath]

c310-c395: Didymus [Cath]

c307: inspired by Anthony, c16yo Hilarion retreats to Gaza for 50 years

306: Donatist schism; Meletian schism

305-313: emperor Maximinus (persecutions?)

c305-310: Anthony teaches monasticism

c305?-326: Crispus

c305: Meletius [Cath]

c300-390: Macarius [Cath]

c300: Diocletian persecution; St Pelagia of Antioch [Cath]

c295-373: Athanasius of Alexandria [pix] [Cath] [EB9] [NSHERK] [DCB] [etexts] [links] [DMoz]

c291-c371: Hilarion

c290-346: Pachomius

c290 AD: Cardinal Newman's novel 'Callista' set in Carthage [ebook]

285-337: Constantine

c285-c305: Anthony lives alone on Mount Pispir

284-305: Diocletian (Dioclesian) [Gibbon]

283-371: Eusebius of Vercelli [Cath]

c270-c360: Eustathius [Cath]

c270: Anthony gives away wealth, lives in tomb for 15 years

c260-c340: Eusebius of Caesarea [Cath] [etexts]

258: martyrdom of Cyprian [Cath] [etexts]

c251-c356: Anthony

c250: Decian persecution

c250-336: Arius [Cath]

c250: Novatian [Cath] [etexts]

c234-347? Paul the Hermit [Cath]

c220: collapse of Montanist movement?

216-c276: Manes (Mani)

215: death of Clement [Cath] [etexts] ditto [more]

207: Marcion repents?

c190-265: Dionysius of Alexandria [Cath]

c185-c254: Origen [etexts] ditto [more]

166: death of Valentine

c160-c225: Tertullian [etexts] ditto [more]

Maximilla and Priscilla join Montanists

156-172: Montanists

c156: Montanus begins preaching

c150 AD: gnostic Cainites paint Judas as hero/Bacchus

136-165: Valentinus

c130: Basilides [etexts]

c110: birth of Marcion [etexts]

c100? Hermas [Cath] [etext] ditto

c66: death of Paul

c100BC: birth of Simeon [Cath]

300BC: Hegesias [eb11]

356BC: Erostratus burns Temple of Artemis at Ephesus [info]

384-322 BC: Aristotle [links]

427-347 BC: Plato [links]

Gymnosophists: naked Hindu ascetics [def]

c440BC: Melissus of Samos [Cath]

c480BC: Philolaus born [info]

c500-428 BC: Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (Ionia) [fragments] ditto [Burnet]

c530 BC: Pythagoras emigrates from Samos to s. Italy; teaches that nature is mathematical [tm6.34] [Burnet] [quotes]

c540-c480 BC: Heraclitus (Heracleitus) of Ephesus [IEP] [Burnet] [Harris]

c550BC: Temple of Artemis/Diana at Ephesus [cite]

c570-478: Xenophanes of Colophon [tm6.36] [samples] [ditto] [ditto] radical monotheist, taught Parmenides [notes] [Burnet]

605-562 BC: Nebuchadnezzar [info]

628-538? BC: Nabonidus [info]

c628? birth of Zoroaster [bio] [info]

Cimmerians: nomadic tribe [Google]

950BC: Solomon and Sheba

2600BC: Dgian-ben-Dgian (pyramids)

misc

etexts, ditto

timeline, 3rdC, 4th; movements


chapters

historical allusions in each chapter will be redated here as if the 'temptations' happened in 2000AD, instead of 355AD, to give a more vivid sense of their antiquity from Anthony's perspective. By this dating, Jesus was crucified c1675AD.

one [bi-ling]

memories: former times (Colzin since 1959), left home (1915), citadel (1930), Didymus (anachronism 1950), persecution (1953?), Arians (1998?), Hilarion (1951), Ammon (anachronism?), Constantine (1930-1982), Athanasius (b1940), Eusebius (1905-1985), Macarius (b1945), Pachomius (1935-1991), Nicaea (1970), Paphnutius (d1995), Diocletian (1929-1950)

two

temptations: sloth?, gluttony, avarice (Alexander, Demetrius, Ptolemies, Caesar), wrath (Mark Antony), pride? (Novatians-1970?, Arians-1945?, Meletians-1951, Crispus-d1981), lust? (Nebuchadnezzar), envy?

Sheba (695AD), pyramids (1000BC)

three

Hilarion (b1936), Paul (1879?-1992?), Eustathius (b1915), Arsenius (trial 1977), Dionysius (d1910), Cyprian (d1903), Gregory (???), Peter of Alexandria (d1956), Council of Elvira (c1955), Balaam (c600), Aeschylus (c1185), Clement (d1860), Hermas (c1750?), St Paul (d1711), Origen (1830-1899)

four

Procula, Poppaea, Manes, Saturninus, Marcion, Clement, Bardesanes, Hernians, Priscillianists, Theodas, Valentinus, Basilides, Elkhesaites, Carpocratians, Nicolaites, Marcosians, Helvidians, Adamites, Messalians, Paternians, Carpocras, Aetius, Nicolas, Buddha, Cubricus, Tertullian, Priscilla, Aesculapius, Montanus, Maximilla, Magdalen, Jane, Martha, Susanna, Eustolia, Leontius, Eotas

Archontics, Tatianists, Valesians, Cainites, Circoncellions, Audians, Collyridians, Ascitians, Appelles, Sampsians, Sabellius, Arius, Sethianians, Theodotians, Merinthians, Apollonarists, Marcellus, Calixtus, Methadius, Cerinthus, Paul of Samosta, Hermogenes, Pantherus, Corinthians, Encratites, Barcouf, Ebionites

Eusebius, Marcellina, Homer, Pythagoras, Ptolemy, Glaucus, Ezechias, Ophites, Peter of Alexandria, Cyprian, Pionius, Polycarp, Domitilla, Kalanos, Augustus

Simon, Eunoia/Helena, Stesichorus, Lucretia, Caius Caesar Agricola, Pope Clement, Dositheus, Nero, Damis, Apollonius, Samaneans, Bucephalus, Ctesiphon, Phraortes, Porus, Iarchas, Sesostris, Gangaridae, Sachalitae, Aramitae, Homeritae, Pygmaei, Vespasian, Menippus, Flavius, Sporus, Domitian, Sabacius, Cabiri, Bona Dea

five

Simeon (1545-1645), Brakhmans, Pharisees, Pythagoras (c1115), Zoroaster (b1017?), Caosyac, Diana of Ephesus (temple 1100AD), Cybele, Atys, Cynocephalus, Typhon, Harpocrates, Archontes, Samos, Telesphorus, Sosipolis, Doespoena, Britomartis, Eurynomus, Orthia, Hymnia, Saphria, Aphia, Bendis, Stymphalia, Triopas, Erichthonius, Xerxes, Zalmoxis, Cimmerians, Aesars, Tages, Vertumnus, Naenia

six

Plato (1218-1298), Philolaus (b c1165), Aristotle (1261-1323)

seven

Didymus (1950?), Xenophanes (c1120AD), Heraclitus (c1150AD), Melissus (c1200AD), Anaxagoras (c1200AD), Saul (c500AD?), Razias (??), Pelagia of Antioch (c1950AD), Dominius of Aleppo (??), Hegesias (c1340AD), Erostrates (1289AD, Herostratus, Erostratus)


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