CHRONOLOGICAL APOLLONIUS GRAPHICS
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Flavius Josephus, First Century Jewish
Historian, Friend of Vespasian
Roman Emperor Vespasian, Friend of
Apollonius
Roman Emperor Titus, Son of Vespasian,
Friend of Apollonius
Roman Emperor Nerva, Friend of Apollonius
(See also Roman Statuary.)
The Roman Severan Family, circa 200
CE
Emperor Septimius Severus, Empress
Julia Domna Severus &
Elder Son, Future Emperor Caracalla (Age 12)
(See also the article on Julia Domna.)
This is a coin depicting Roman Emperor
Aurelian, who ruled 270-275 CE.
Aurelian visited Cappadocia and is said to have encountered Apollonius
of Tyana in a vision. He spared Tyana from destruction and honored
the memory of Apollonius, in the tradition of the Severan Dynasty.
Note how the design of his helmet reflects the design of the headdress
of Pythagoras on the coin, shown in Gallery One.
Roman Emperor Constantine I, Ruled
306-337 CE
Emperor Constantine I, with Bishop
Eusebius at his side, convened the infamous Council of Nicaea
in Bithynia in 325 to establish the Catholic Church and first
assemble together the traditional chapters of the New Testament.
Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea Maritima,
Catholic Church Father
Friend of Roman Emperor Constantine, Enemy of Apollonius of Tyana
Roman Emperor Theodosius I, Arch-Murderer
& Catholic Fanatic
Reigned 379-395 CE
Enemy of All Things "Pagan", including Apollonius
This drawing depicts Saint Jerome (Hieronymus),
who lived from about 340-420 CE. Jerome wrote favorably about
Apollonius of Tyana, although his original manuscript has long
since disappeared. According to Aldus Manutius, Jerome's account
of the life of Apollonius differed from that of Philostratus.
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Here are two graphics of Pope Leo I,
who ruled the Papacy from 440-461 CE. He lived in Burgus/Burdigala,
Gaul (modern Bordeaux, France) and was the friend of Apollinaris
Sidonius (St. Sidoine) who was married to the daughter of the
Roman Emperor Avitus. Sidonius composed a "biography"
of Apollonius of Tyana, which he submitted to Pope (Saint) Leo
I. It is unknown whether Pope Leo I wanted to support or debunk
the idea of Apollonius' being the true model for "the Jesus
Christ". However, Leo I burned all the books of the Manichaeans,
so apparently he wasn't very enthusiastic about the Apollonian
Eastern Cult.
In the righthand picture, above the
high altar, the church's Patron and most celebrated Pope, St.
Leo, is represented in papal garb, surrounded by historical figures
like Attila the Hun and Valentinian. Above St. Leo is the church's
first Pope, St. Peter, standing surrounded by angels at Heaven's
Gate holding a key in each hand. Floating above them all, in a
circle of stars and celestial light, is the white dove, symbol
of the Holy Ghost.
These two graphics are part of an old
wall fresco in the Church of Saint Nikolaus of Philanthropenoi
on the monastic island in the Lake of Ioannina, Greece. This was
one of seven monasteries on this island dating back to the 400s-600s.
Pictured are the philosophers Socrates, Plato, Apollonius, Solon
(left to right, upper graphic) and Aristotle, Plutarch, Thucydides
and Hiloy (left to right, lower graphic). The fresco of Apollonius
is above the doorway between the two church walls. The church's
interior is covered with finely executed wall paintings. The church
underwent renovations around 1300 and 1550 CE. It is used today
only for special high holy-day celebrations.
Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa -- Arab
Chemist & Alchemist
Jabir was born circa 721 in Tus, Iran,
and died circa 815 in Kufah, Iraq. He is known as "Father
of Arab Chemistry". He wrote an Arabic book titled "Kitab
al-hajar 'ala ra'y Balinas" which roughly translates into
English as "Book of the Stone of the Opinions of Balinas"
in which he stated that "Balinas The Wise" was the discoverer
of the famed "Emerald Tablet of Thoth" in a cave near
Tyana. Balinas The Wise has been identified with Apollonius of
Tyana. The writings of Jabir were later translated into Latin
by Hugues de Santalla.
Here are three graphics that depict
"Geber" which is the Spanish form of the Arabic name
"Jabir". During the time of the Moorish occupation of
Spain, many Arabic philosophical and scientific documents were
translated into Latin. Apparently the works of Jabir Ibn Hayyan
were taken to Spain and translated from Arabic into Latin in about
1150 by Hugues de Santalla in Toledo, using the pseudonym "Geber"
which was styled after "Jabir", the original author.
These translations and writings by Geber concerned Aristotle's
Secretum Secretorum and the Emerald Tablet. Recently, Jean-Marc
Mandosio of Paris has been undertaking a French translation of
The Book of the Secrets of Creation by Geber, but none
of his writing (in 12th-century Latin) has been translated into
English.
Pope Innocent III was born in 1161
CE, became Pope in 1198 and died in 1216. He initiated the Papal
Albigensian Crusade in 1208 CE. This was the last of the Crusades,
and it continued under several Popes until 1244. The last remaining
"Apollonian Gnostic Cult" of the "Cathars"
at Albi, France, were eliminated. This crusade marked the deathknell
of both Apollonianism and Manichaeism in Medieval Europe.
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