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;){kind=small} | Introduction |
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| Miracle stories devoid of "portraiture" (a word picture of a person's appearance and character). (2) |
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| Explore: Pliny, Plutarch, and Seneca on the nature of magic. |
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;){kind=small} | 2. Heroes Who Heal |
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;){kind=small} | King Pyrrhus of Epirus |
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| Healing out of compassion: "Nor was nay one so obscure or poor as not to get this healing service from him if he asked it." (39-40) |
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| Healing/miracle as sign of divine approval: "to mark the favour of heaven and a certain partiality of the gods toward him." Heals a blind man and a man with a withered hand. (40-41) |
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| Does miracles because he lacked "prestige and a certain divinity". God Serapis promises powers in a dream. He heals a blind and lame man. "Heaven was thus magnifying him". (42) |
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| magical healings (44) Appears to heal out of compassion. |
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| Apparently raises a young woman from death, but refuses compensation. (45) |
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