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The words of the Emperor Julian

Julian's surviving literary-political works, all in Greek (lost are his Commentaries on his western campaigns) are given in the L.C.L. in three volumes: the eight Oragions (1-5 in Vol. I, 6-8 in Vol. II) include two in praise of Constantius, one praising Constantius's wife Eusebia, and two theosophical 'hymns' (in prose) or declamation, of interest for studies in neo-Platonism, Mithraism, and the cult of the 'Magna Mater' in the Roman world; Misopogon, 'Beard-hater', in Vol. II, assails the morals of people in Antioch; the 'Letters' (more than eighty, Vol. III) include edicts or rescripts, mostly about Christians, encyclical or pastoral letters to priests, and private letters. Lastly in Vol. III are the fragments (nearly all from book I) of the work (in three books) Against the Galilaeans (the Christians), written mainly to show that evidence for the idea of Christianity is lacking in the Old Testament.

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