- Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Simon Collier
University of Warwick, Classics and Ancient History, Graduate Student
- Classics, Ancient Greek Religion, Roman Religion, Early Christianity, Early Christian Art, Reception of Antiquity, and 11 moreOrpheus, Dionysus, Early Church Fathers, Ancient religion: Dionysos and Artemis, Euhemerism, Euhemerus, Mythology, Greek Myth, Classical Mythology, Ancient myth and religion, and Hecateedit
- Masters student in Classics at the University of Warwick with a research interest in ancient religion and mythology, and its reception.edit
This study looks at the depiction of Roman 'paganism' in film, from the silent era through to the 21st century. It analyses how 'paganism' has generally been depicted as a spiritually redundant and morally flawed religion in comparison to... more
This study looks at the depiction of Roman 'paganism' in film, from the silent era through to the 21st century. It analyses how 'paganism' has generally been depicted as a spiritually redundant and morally flawed religion in comparison to contemporary Christianity, but how this point of view may be shifting in the 21st century depictions of Roman paganism.
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This paper focuses on the 'Blasphemous' Graffito found at the Palatine Museum at Rome, which appears to be mocking a Christian through depicting Jesus on the cross as having a donkey's head. This paper surveys attitudes towards... more
This paper focuses on the 'Blasphemous' Graffito found at the Palatine Museum at Rome, which appears to be mocking a Christian through depicting Jesus on the cross as having a donkey's head. This paper surveys attitudes towards Christianity in the Severan period in order to move on from identifying the graffito as 'blasphemous', and instead seeing it as satire.
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This essay explores the origin of the Buddha image in human form and the history of scholarship that surrounds it to observe how it feeds into colonial and postcolonial attitudes.
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Research Interests: Christianity, Early Christianity, Paganism, Ancient Greek Religion, Boethius, and 10 moreBook of Isaiah, Pagan/Christian Relations in the Early Middle Ages, Catacombs of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, Orpheus, Sir Orfeo, Orphism, Fulgentius, eusebius of Caesarea, and Orpheus, Orphism, Orphic literature
The Greek Goddess Hecate was a mysterious figure in the ancient world. Hesiod gave her powers in earth, sea and heavens, but by the time of Euripides she was a goddess of black magic and nefarious acts. This paper examines how William... more
The Greek Goddess Hecate was a mysterious figure in the ancient world. Hesiod gave her powers in earth, sea and heavens, but by the time of Euripides she was a goddess of black magic and nefarious acts. This paper examines how William Blake's Hecate/The Night of Enitharmon's Joy, can be seen as a break from the traditional portrayal of Hecate as an evil figure, which had survived from ancient Greece through to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Rather than being seen as inspired by Shakespeare, this paper examines the many other references Blake's piece can be seen to be making. The paper then looks at Hecate's place within the modern Neopagan movement, and how Blake's Hecate/Night of Enitharmon's Joy can be seen as influential upon it.