RT Article
T1 Die arithmetische Feinstruktur im Traktat "De oratione" des Evagrios Pontikos
JF Vigiliae Christianae
VO 72
IS 1
SP 21
OP 40
A1 Jöst, Christoph 1967-
LA German
PB Brill
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1567488609
AB In the introduction to his tractate De oratione Evagrios Pontikos speaks of figures that are “triangles”, “squares”, and even “spheres”. These remarks are less cryptic if one regards the numerical systems used in late antiquity. However, they may hint at a hidden structure within De oratione. Selecting all chapters whose numbers are “triangles”, or “squares” respectively, etc., we find chains of sayings which follow certain themes woven into the “fabric” of the tractate. This discovery reveals again Evagrios as the master of literary composition.
K1 Evagrios Pontikos : De oratione : numerical system : structure
DO 10.1163/15700720-12341329