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Eunus: royal obverse, messianic preacher, firebreather and avenger of Syria

2019; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.24858/356

2237-6585

Vicente Dobroruka,

Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

Abstract [English]: This article makes an attempt to link Eunus’ revolt (i.e. The First Slave Revolt”, 135-132 BCE), more directly his prophetic utterances and Syrian provenance to other events and stories that happened during the Second Century BCE, in the aftermath of the defeat of Anthiochus III the Great in 190 BCE; the so-far unobserved links are provided by prophecies against Rome uttered in otherworldly fashion and preserved by Phlegon of Tralles in his Mirabillion. These utterances fit in the pattern of Eastern revenge prophecies against Rome (much like the ones found in the Sibylline Oracles), with the peculiarity that, in the mouth of Eunus, the slave who lead the Revolt, they appear first as mockery in the eyes of his owner. It is the main objective of this article to show that for Eunus, this was far from mockery and was, indeed, a way of reassuring the vengeance of the East, given all the circumstances of his “kingship”. Abstract [Portuguese]: Este artigo busca ligar a revolta de Eunus, tambem conhecida como a “Primeira Revolta Servil” (135-132 AEC) aos seus proferimentos em extase profetico, ligados a sua origem Siria. Tais proferimentos e a propria revolta ocorreram na sequencia da derrota de Antioco III, o Grande, em 190 AEC; ate o momento, esses proferimentos nao foram vinculados as estorias de profecias fantasmagoricas e tambem anti-romanas preservadas por Phlegon de Tralles (sec.II EC), em seu Mirabillion. O padrao observado em Eunus, nos Oraculos Sibilinos e nas estorias de Phlegon e aparentemente o mesmo, com a peculiaridade de que, atraves da fala em extase de Eunus, o lider da revolta, tais proferimentos sao usualmente tratados como um misto de charlatanismo e bravata – quando tratam, na verdade, do ja bem conhecido tema da vinganca do Oriente contra Roma. Up to 200 words, in English and Portuguese. 293 TOTAL FOR BOTH Keywords: Apocalyptic literature; Religious syncretism in Antiquity; Ancient historiography MAX 5. Text. MAX 20 pp., approx. 76,800 ch., incl. spacing, notes and bibliographical references (non specified; I will use in footnotes since it seems to be the norm)