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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I seem to remember long ago reading that in late patristic literature (loosely defined as from c. 250-500 for the purposes of this question) Hercules and Mercury were read as pagan types of Christ--Hercules for his labors and his "harrowing" of Hades, particularly Cerebus, and Mercury because he was the guide of souls to Hades and had the most concourse between the gods and men. These were then reinterpreted as "God's truth" among the pagans, though the pagans twisted it and misunderstood it. HOWEVER, now that it comes to finding it, I discover that in none of my secondary sources here or in the primary sources I've been to check, am I able to find such an equation or reading. Did I imagine the whole thing? Anyone have any ideas? Larry Swain UIC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html