“No one can escape God”. A filicidal beneficial tale from early Byzantium

What is it about?

John Moschos includes the story of a female filicide in his Spiritual Meadow. After exploring the authorial self of Moschos, this article discusses the relation between this beneficial story and the biblical book of Jonah on the one hand, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis and Medea on the other. Finally, the story is examined in the wider framework of the seventh century, in an attempt to understand John Moschos’ viewpoint on his own time. Adresse:

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Why is it important?

This article explores the complicated history and the intertextuality of John Moschos' Spiritual Meadow contributes to the understanding the wider cultural framework.