Civitatum Orbis MEditerranei Studia Edited by Reinhard Feldmeier (Göttingen), Friedrich V. Reiterer (Salzburg), Karin Schöpflin (Göttingen), Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler (Göttingen) und Kristin De Troyer (Salzburg) 4 Athens II: Athens in Late Antiquity edited by Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler and Leonie von Alvensleben Mohr Siebeck Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler, born 1979; 2002 Dr. phil., University of Bayreuth; 2012 Habilita- tion in the History of Religions, University of Bremen; since 2015 Professor of the History of Religions at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Leonie von Alvensleben, born 1987; studied Classics and German Philology in Göttingen and Bologna; since 2015 PhD candidate in Classics at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Printed with the support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the German Research Foundation (DFG) ISBN 978-3-16-158297-4 / eISBN 978-3-16-158298-1 DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-158298-1 ISSN 2196-9264 / eISSN 2569-3891 (Civitatum Orbis MEditerranei Studia) The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalb ibliog raphie; detailed bibliographic data are available at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2020 Mohr Siebeck Tübingen, Germany. www.mohrsiebeck.com This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher’s written permission. This applies particularly to repro- ductions, translations and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was typeset by Martin Fischer in Tübingen using Times typeface, printed on non- aging paper by Gulde Druck in Tübingen, and bound by Buchbinderei Spinner in Ottersweier. Printed in Germany. Table of Contents Foreword ................................................... V Ilinca Tanaseanu- Döbler (with the collaboration of Leonie von Alvensleben) Athens in Late Antiquity – Learning and Paganism .................. 1 I. Roman Athens: Real and Imagined Christoph Auffarth Athen – die heilige Stadt: Erbe, Umdeutung, Palimpsest der Sakrallandschaft .......................................... 33 Heinz- Günther Nesselrath Philostratus’ Apollonius in Imperial Athens: Old Values and Modern Decadence .............................. 59 II. Late Antique Athens: Archaeological Aspects Arja Karivieri The Archaeology of Athens in Late Antiquity ...................... 73 Tasos Tanoulas The Acropolis in Late Antiquity ................................. 83 Balbina Bäbler From Asclepius to the ‘Saints without Silver’: The Transformation of a Sanctuary in Late Antique Athens ............ 123 Georgios Deligiannakis From Paganism to Christianity in Late Antique Athens: A Re-E valuation .. 137 VIII Table of Contents III. Symbolic Constructions of Athens: Athens as an Epitome of Culture Jan R. Stenger Learning City: The Athenian Experience in Late Antiquity ............ 155 Michael Schramm Julian, Athens, and the Athenians ................................ 183 Jochen Schultheiß Athens as a Cultural Symbol in Christian Authors ................... 199 IV. Schools and their Social Context Stefanie Holder The Inner Structure of Schools in 3rd and 4th century Athens ........... 227 Edward Watts Athens, Educational Reform, and the Future of Philosophy ........... 247 Anthony Kaldellis The Politics of Classical Genealogies in the Late Antique Roman East ... 259 V. Athenian Neoplatonism: Philosophy and Religion Irmgard Männlein- Robert Vom Piräus zur Akropolis, oder: Das spätantike Athen der Hellenen. Zur Bedeutung von Wegen und Räumen in der Vita Procli des Marinos .. 281 Sarah Klitenic Wear Syrianus and the Shape of Platonist Philosophy in Late Antique Athens: Evidence from the Parmenides Commentary Tradition ............... 299 Ilinca Tanaseanu- Döbler Patron Goddess of Athens – Patron Goddess of Philosophy? Athena in Proclus and the Neoplatonic Tradition .................... 311 Table of Contents IX Leonie von Alvensleben Intertextuelle Götternähe: Homerische Kurzzitate im Athenehymnos des Proklos ................................................. 379 Bibliography ................................................ 415 List of Contributors ........................................... 457 Index of Ancient Sources ...................................... 459 Index of Names .............................................. 481 General Index ............................................... 487