Slingerland proceeds to take on the notorious crux in Suet. The first unequivocal mention of the Neronian persecution in connection with the burning of Rome is found in the forged correspondence of Seneca and the apostle Paul, which belongs to the fourth century. 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, the common people were accustomed to call Chrestiani. "There is a river called Dirke (Dirce) [near Thebes] after the wife of Lykos (Lycus). The purpose of the current article is to address a question to which scholars devoted considerable thought: the identity of the Christian women whom Clement of Rome called "Danads" and "Dircae" in his "First Epistle to the Corinthians". 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. Covered with the hides of wild animals they perished by being torn to pieces by dogs or, fixed to stakes (or, crosses) they were set afire in the darkening evening as a form of night lighting. One of the plainest examples is the Acts of Peter (probably from the 180s) which tells of Neros persecution of Peter in Rome, but states that he was forced to keep his hands off Peters Christian followers due to a threatening vision from heaven. 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. 6:14). Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. The names of the Danades was complete but with new entries and some alteration in the spellings. Best, Emanuel", "These reviews of yours are so bloody weird! This could mean that Rome was also experiencing envy and there were those who wanted leadership roles out of envy. Let us set before our eyes the illustrious apostles. However, Shaw stresses the importance of recognising the passage is the only source for the involvement of Christians with the fire and their persecution in its aftermath.. 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. (p. 231), Allen, N.P.L. Its an interesting hypothesis. This is quite improbable. In any case, Bowersocks unease is well founded. 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 Annales of the historian Tacitus. By grace we can have the power of repentance and overcome sin. 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. The more I read your stuff (and I still do, of course), the more I realize how much we all owe you. Danaus built a ship with fifty oars and fled to Greece with his fifty daughters. Ian Kershaw, What a great privilege it is to be here Bonnie L. Oscarson, My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled. [Shaw in fact introduces him as Pseudo-Clement.] Clement cites examples drawn both from the Bible and from his own time to illustrate the danger of desintegration facing Corinths Christian community. [A] persecution of Christians by the emperor Nero in connection with the Great Fire of 64 seems improbable given the context of the relations between officials of the Roman state and Christians over the first century CE. "We are struggling on the same arena, and the same conflict is assigned to both of us.". 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. Her waters were sacred to the god Dionysos. The late tales of the martyrdoms of Peter and Paul appear to have been expressions of what second century Christians wanted to believe. Danaus soon understood the plan of his brother and was not willing to surrender his beautiful daughters to his nasty nephews. His brother, Aegyptus, had sent his fifty sons to find Danaus and try to take over his new kingdom. 10 ff (trans. In Greek mythology, the Danades ( / dne.diz /; Greek: ), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus. Journal of Roman Studies, 105, pp 73-100 doi:10.1017/S0075435815000982. 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. He cites Richard Carriers 2014 article,The prospect of a Christian interpolation in Tacitus, Annals15.44, in VigiliaeChristianae 68, 26483 as a recent example and source for many of the earlier studies. Wilson) (Greek rhetorician C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : The first part of the article explores the context in which these designations appear. 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. Subsequently, the author provides his interpretation of the allegoric names Danads suggesting that it was given to Christian women who, for religious reasons, refused or reduced sexual relations with their pagan husbands a motif quite frequently met in ancient Christian literature. Shaw is not suggesting Tacitus knowingly concoctedthe story of the Neronian persecution. Jim Evans, Strasser hoped to replace the Programme of 1920. 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. Required fields are marked *. | Contact Us the name was corrupted according to Mauricius Schmidt in his annotations in Hyginus. 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 superstitio, albeit not a novel one. 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. But between such hypotheses and the text there are considerable unfillable gaps in the evidence. It is possible that a Christian writer of second-century date intended this passage to refer to events connected with Nero and the fire. Not available publicly on our website or anywhere else exclusively for our confirmed subscribers! You are doing essentially the same quality now (apart from the philology and languages) except mostly sticking to commenting on others work as informed comment/discussion. . Indeed, the Danaides were punished for this after their death with a horrible and eternal torment. 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). His treatment, although unnecessarily prolix, argues quite powerfully against the widespread conviction that Chrestus is Christ. Dirce Amphion and Zethus subject Dirce to the bull (from the House of the Vettii, Pompeii) Dirce ( / drsi /; Ancient Greek: , pronounced [drk], modern Greek [irci], meaning "double" or "cleft") was a queen of Thebes as the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology . "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. You cannot have grace without repentance and faith. 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. Shaw argues that the famous story of Nero burning and in other ways torturing Christians as punishment for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 C.E. cf. Such modest modernizings occur outside of this particular passage, however, and so are typical of the writer. Per Porter, Stanley E.; Pearson, Brook W.R. (2000). Later sources such as the writing of Sulpicius Severus are useless for our enquiry because they all depend on Tacitus. . 1. I dont know if they will print it, because it relates to a secondary subject within the review in question. 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. The Death of Peter and Paul. Around the year 95 AD, a letter was written by the Church of Rome to the Church at Corinth that is attributed to Saint Clement. Deliberately to overlook and to ignore such a parallel with an earlier known tyrant whom Lactantius himself accepts persecuted Christians, and thereby to miss the opportunity to tie together the first and the last of the persecutors, is almost inexplicable unless he was unaware of the connection or had discounted it for some reason. The key reference here isBarnes, T. D. 2010: Early Christian Hagiography and Roman History, Tubingen. The gaps are striking lacunae in the knowledge of a senator from Italy, frequently resident in or near the imperial capital, who was well informed on these matters, if in fact Christians had been found guilty of a monstrous crime against the Roman state in the mid-60s. Paul's warning to the Ephesian elders that evil men would rise up and draw men to themselves was a warning every church must heed (Acts. 33:11]; adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, 'Repent, O house of Israel, of your iniquity'" [Ezek. And the way Suetonius adds a description of these Christians that was shared by his second century contemporaries it appears as if the historian is introducing the term Christian to enable his readers to link a religion they knew about in their day with an earlier group who were previously unknown by that name. Other references not currently quoted here: Euripides Bacchae 519, Euripides Heracles 27, Propertius 3.16.13. In the first great persecution of the Church, begun by the Roman Emperor Nero after the burning of Rome in 64AD, many Christians, including Peter and Paul, were tortured and killed. In other versions of the myth, Danaus himself united Hypermnestra and Lynceus instead.[2]. pp. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. : Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. The forty-nine brides who killed their husband were punished for their crime. 2:5). Whether it happened by chance or by a malicious act of the emperor is uncertain. As a member of a higher social class, he received an excellent education and was trained as a lawyer. 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. ), Note what Arthur Drews said about the relationship of the Sulpicius Severus passage (Chronicle 2.29.1-4a) and the Tacitus passage (Annals 15.44) , 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]. It teaches us to "deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live sober, righteously, and godly in this present age" (Tit. Only one of the girls, Hypermnestra, did not commit this horrible crime. 25. when he had completed his Histories. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : This may be a new way of thinking for a lot of you. They first made a stop in Rhodes, where they founded Lindos town and built a temple to goddess Athena Lindia. We need not recognise all Hocharts arguments as equally sound, yet we must admit that in their entirety and agreement they are worthy of consideration, and are well calculated to disturb the ingenuous belief in the authenticity of the passage of Tacitus. Where to stay? (A white Muslim convert I knew well in Norwich once said to me, We dont make your distinction between fact and fiction!). In the Gospel of John there was a prophecy that Peter would meet an undesirable fate and it seemed appropriate that he should die by crucifixion as hadJesus. We will focus on repentance and grace in chapters 7 and 8. In Greek mythology, the Danades (/dne.diz/; Greek: ), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus. . The trope of the jealous spouse delating his wife to Roman authorities inthe city of Rome is also found in the writings of Justin Martyr who was probably writing in the mid-second century. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Clement, writing for the church of Rome, gives a humble beginning to his discussion on repentance. They had been denounced as Christians by their jealous husbands. They were the first executions of Christians performed at the behest of the Roman state. . Owing to envy, Paul also obtained the reward of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity, compelled to flee, and stoned. Its always gratifying when a reader zeroes in on exactly those aspects I thought were most interesting and most central to my argument. 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. Wherefore let us give up vain and fruitless cares, and approach to the glorious and venerable rule of our holy calling. My I quote, without being accused of irrelevant trolling, from A.N. (MSG, 20:207.) When she was with child, and her father threatened her, she ran away to Epopeus at Sikyon (Sicyon) and was married to him. us with a most excellent example. Lynceus and Hypermnestra started a new dynasty of Argive Kings, known as the Danaan Dynasty. A technical comment regarding Clements Letter to the Corinthians: As far as I remember (also from Earl Dohertys texts), the expressions put to death (in most righteous pillars [of the Church] have been persecuted and put to death) and suffered martyrdom under the prefects do not correspond to the Greek text (which gives no indication of violent deaths). . At the time, the lethal superstitio was repressed, but it burst out again not only throughout Judaea, the origin of this evil (sickness), but through the City (of Rome) to which everything that is savage and shameful flows from all directions and is actually celebrated. The story goes that Antiope was ill-treated by this Dirke, and therefore the children of Antiope put Dirke to death. "The grace of repentance" brought by the blood of Christ changes all that. 6:7-9). 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. 2. What is missing in the punishments described, however, is anything suggesting a Christian association. the pagan writer Tacitus testifies to these evernt in his Annales (15, 44) as does Clement, bishop of Rome, in his letter to the Corinthians (chapters 5-7). It reflects well on you. Howbeit, one day her bonds were loosed of themselves, and unknown to her keepers she came to her sons cottage, begging that they would take her in. As far as you are concerned, I've gone beyond the childish, I've transmuted it and saved it, by embodying it in myth. Under Martin V he reached the top rank of his office, as Apostolicus Secretarius, papal secretary. . 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. Indeed, the statement is part of a longer list of legal restrictions introduced by Nero. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Chapter 6: Envy (Continued) This chapter just gives more examples of martyrdom and persecution and points out the basis of persecution is envy. was embraced by Jupiter [Zeus]. 51:16-17; Ezek. The DANAIDS are the 50 daughters of Danaus 1who married the sons of Aegyptus 1, and murdered their husbands (except one) on their wedding night. 1) Acts 11:26 gives a historical kernel and is not anachronistic. Who? This made the Christians infamous throughout Rome where they hadnt been known of before. of an individual, and merge them with the art or ideas that belong to the childhood of a people. 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. Moreover, Shaw ignores the effect of certain writings by Christians later than Tacitus who not only show ignorance, they present a picture which has to rule out any Neronian pogrom. Afterwards, they remarried by choosing their mates in footraces (or their father bestowed them to the victors of the athletic contest[2]). Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism (JGRChJ). Well, I essentially said all of this and presented all of this evidence (and more) in my 2009 book Jesus: Neither God Nor Man. Tacitus presents no problems for Shaw until he gets to that part where Nero feels forced to deal with rumours relating toresponsibility for the fire. I am skeptical of any persecution alleged to early Christians, especially when the historicity of the first persecution under Nero, hinges on the preposterous reference to Pontius Pilates execution of someone called Christus (Allen, 2015). This document is the earliest Christian writing besides the New Testament documents. When he wrote these words, he firmly believed (I believe) that there was good evidence that linked these events in a single coherent narrative. Good job. Soon the sons of Aegyptus presented themselves to the palace and asked once more to marry the Danaides. The connections were such that Tacitus had at his disposal, in either written or oral sources, what he believed to be credible and compelling grounds to accept the stories that linked the Christians, Nero, and the fire at Rome as elements of a true narrative. ", "Neil, Youve done a clean job in your posting on Jesus the Healer. Im so glad youre helping to spread these ideas! ISMENOS (Callimachus Hymn to Delos, Nonnus Dionysiaca 44.10), Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. He certainly knew of the Great Fire. In a fit of despondency Nykteus killed himself, after charging Lykos (Lycus) to punish Epopeus and Antiope. Several other martyrs. The Roman elites, meanwhile, came to remember Nero as a malicious villain. Up until the time of Tacitus this expression had been used of an ethnic group to refer to the Jews. In November, he took the first steps in composing the Community's own draft programme. Author: Nicolas Roeg. Claudian Policymaking and the Early Imperial Repression of Judaism at Rome. Its the best! Argive ancestor For having been seduced by Zeus, Io, a native from Argos, was severely punished by the god's jealous wife Hera, who pursued her all over the world. Tacitus describes the Christians in the same way, as a plague or contagion, and likewise emanating from Judea. The historian certainly knew the differencebetween governors who were praefecti and those who were procuratores, and elsewhere he notes the distinction. Theoi Project Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand, (Callimachus Hymn to Delos, Nonnus Dionysiaca 44.10). Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 44. The myth says that Danaus had fifty daughters, known as the Danaides, from four different women, while Aegyptus had fifty sons. He made a secret plan to get rid of Aegyptus and his sons for good. The following two tabs change content below. 8:3). Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 75 ff (trans. It is a great reminder for us today that if we are not repenting, we are not going to be among his beloved. These were the measures devised by human planning [i.e. For how could Christians not have known and embraced such a prime example of their experiences of martyrdom, given their intense focus and fascination on their sufferings for the faith? 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To begin with, there is no evidence that Christians were crucified as a penalty for their faith. ", "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. . These things, beloved, we write unto you, not merely to admonish you of your duty, but also to remind ourselves. However, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, intervened and saved her from punishment. Myths that Nero would one-day return to overthrow his enemies had circulated. Contents 1 Family 2 Mythology 3 In Roman culture 4 Notes 5 References Finally, for those that do not know, copyright allows "fair use" of all written works. Nonetheless, the Bible reports him as a "preacher of righteousness" (2 Pet. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) Filed under: Ancient Literature, Historical Methods and Historiography, History and Biography doi:10.1017/S0028688517000352. ", "Thanks for this detailed interaction! 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. According to the footnote in The Ante-Nicene Fathers, they are either two unknown women or the phrase was possible added later. Furthermore, the routine fashion in which Pliny phrases his ignorance presumes that the emperor himself did not expect Pliny or any other high-ranking Roman to possess such obvious knowledge of the Christians. certain womenwho were spectacularly executed, dressed up as Danaids and Dircae. But I have often been impressed with their grasp of logic and analysis of scholarship. There is thus no good evidence, Shaw concludes, that Nero was the first persecutor of the Christians, or that he had Christians rounded up for punishment in connection with the fire of Rome. 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. Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience. ", "Here I give an admittedly subjective short list, in random order, of useful, high level and regularly updated weblogs on the study of the Old Testament . Nero had somehow come to be connected with the Christians; Next sacrifices were made to the gods and the books of the Sybil were consulted, according to which supplications were made to Vulcan, Ceres, and Proserpina. They were to marry the 50 sons of Danaus' twin brother Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. Paul explains the problem in Romans 7. ", "I find your blog most interesting and appreciate your ongoing effort to keep to the evidence for the issues discussed! But then when explaining whom Nero scapegoatedTacitusenters the realm of anachronism. Those who have expressed even modest scepticism about the historicity of the one explicit passage in the historian Tacitus that attests to the executions have been voces clamantium in deserto. (Keeping it brief this time really? But the following passage speaks of Paul: Let us set before our eyes the illustrious apostles. (I) Why does Clement quote so many texts of the Old Testament and only a few words . Nero had reserved his own gardens for the spectacle. I discuss the atonement (somewhat) thoroughly in chapter 8 of Rebuilding the Foundations. In the classical tradition, they came to represent the futility of a repetitive task that can never be completed (see also Sisyphus and Ocnus). They thought this might serve their purpose. The story, however, does not stop here. 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). 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. 1 Clem. ", Mary Booker, February 2020 (personal email), "Very good. Thus was he removed from the world. When grace comes, sin loses its power over us (Rom. Then the author of the letters of Seneca to Paul enlarged the legend in its primitive form, brought it into agreement with the ideas of this time, and gave it a political turn. ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 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. At first those who confessed were taken away for punishment; subsequently others who were denounced by others were rounded up. Jerusalem Catecheses 12-24 Cyril of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Catecheses 1-12 Cyril of Jerusalem, What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith Video Trailer, St. Anthony, the Desert & Spiritual Warfare Podcast, Advent: The Season of the Wild-Haired, Crazy Man, 3 Crazy Ways Christianity & Islam Are Totally Different. to express appreciation for your detailed interaction with what Ive written!". This great massacre was unbelievable, even for the bloody ancient Greek myths. 18:30]. Slingerland reaches a proper and salutary conclusion: the burden of proof rests with those who wish to identify Chrestus with Christ, not those who distinguish them (pp 169-217). 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