Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.16.3, pp. 2068-2145
 
In the Light of the Moon: Demonology in the Early Imperial Period
by Frederick E. Brenk, S. J., Rome

Contents

Introduction 2068

I. The Early Folk Tradition

2069

II. The Homeric Influence as Seen by Graeco-Romans

2071

III. The Post-Homeric Literature

2082

IV. Daimones in the Philosophical Literature

2085

V. The Persians

2092

VI. Jewish Religion and Jewish Thought

2093

VII. Neopythagoreans

2094

VIII. Philo

2098

IX. The New Testament and Exorcism

2107

X. Plutarch

2117

XI. Lucian and Apuleius

2130

XII. Apollonios of Tyana

2136
General Conclusion 2142
Addenda 2143
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