Barlaam and Ioasaph /
Barlaam and Ioasaph, a hagiographic novel in which an Indian prince becomes aware of the world's miseries and is converted to Christianity by a monk, is a Christianized version of the legend of the Buddha. Though often attributed to John Damascene (c. 676-749 CE), it was probably translated fro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
1914.
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| Series: | Loeb Classical Library
34. |
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| Online Access: | https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL034/1914/volume.xml |
| Summary: | Barlaam and Ioasaph, a hagiographic novel in which an Indian prince becomes aware of the world's miseries and is converted to Christianity by a monk, is a Christianized version of the legend of the Buddha. Though often attributed to John Damascene (c. 676-749 CE), it was probably translated from Georgian into Greek in the eleventh century CE. |
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| Item Description: | Περιλαμβάνει ευρετήριο. Το όνομα του συγγραφέα με αγκύλες στη σελίδα τίτλου. |
| Physical Description: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή |