Filtering by Author: Porphyrius Tyrius gave 2 results.
A key Neoplatonic text, The Cave of the Nymphs reads Homer’s cave as an allegory of the soul’s descent into matter and return to the divine, with echoes of the mysteries of Mithras.
Two extracts from De abstinentia ab esu animalium by Porphyry on sacrifices and the importance of abstinence from animal food among Persian Magi.
