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Varian studiesby Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443893855
Other title:
  • Varius
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DG274 .V375 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: Varius is the nomen of the Roman emperor misnamed Elagabalus or Heliogabalus. These are names of the Syrian sun god Elagabal, whose high priest Varius was while emperor. There is no evidence that he was ever so called when alive. Thus named, his posthumous legendary or mythical avatar thrives, in academic prose and popular imagination, as a Semitic monster of cruelty, depravity, fanaticism, mockery and extravagance. Recently, this monster has metamorphosed into an anarchist saint and martyr of gay liberation.This volume explores the historical individual behind Elagabalus and Heliogabalus.
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Varius is the nomen of the Roman emperor misnamed Elagabalus or Heliogabalus. These are names of the Syrian sun god Elagabal, whose high priest Varius was while emperor. There is no evidence that he was ever so called when alive. Thus named, his posthumous legendary or mythical avatar thrives, in academic prose and popular imagination, as a Semitic monster of cruelty, depravity, fanaticism, mockery and extravagance. Recently, this monster has metamorphosed into an anarchist saint and martyr of gay liberation.This volume explores the historical individual behind Elagabalus and Heliogabalus.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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