SallustiusFor the historian, see Sallust.For other uses, see Sallust (disambiguation).Sallustius or Sallust (/slst/; Ancient Greek: -)wasa4th-centurywriter, afriendoftheRo-man Emperor Julian. He wrote the treatise On the Godsandthe Cosmos, akindofcatechismof4th-centuryHellenic paganism. Sallustius work owes much to that ofIamblichus of Chalcis, who synthesized Platonism withPythagoreanism and theurgy, and also to Julians ownphilosophical writings.[1]The treatise is quite concise,and generally free of the lengthy metaphysical theorizingof the more detailed Neoplatonic texts. Its aim is in partto parry the usual onslaughts of Christian polemic in theface of Christianity's growing preeminence, and me[e]ttheology with theology.[2]Sallustius exact identity is a matter of some uncertainty.By some he is identied as Flavius Sallustius (a nativeof Spain who was praetorian prefect of Gaul from 361until 363 and Julians colleague as consul in 363),[3][4] byothers with Saturninius Secundus Salutius (died after367 AD,[5] a native of Gaul who was praetorian prefectof the Orient in 361).[6] The latter is said to have beenoered the purple, but declined it, after Julians death.[7]1 EditionsGilbert Murray. 1925 On the Gods and the World,appended to Murrays Five Stages of Greek Religion,rst published in 1912 as Four Stages of Greek Reli-gion.Arthur Darby Nock (ed/trans.). 1926. Sallustiusconcerning the gods and the universe. Edited withprolegomenaandtranslation. Availableinvari-ous reprints, for example ISBN 0-89005-550-5 andISBN 3-487-01413-0.Gabriel Rochefort. 1960. Des dieux et du monde.Edition of the Greek text, with French translationand notes, in the Collection Bud.Thomas Taylor (ed/trans.). 1793. Sallust, On thegodsandtheworld; andthePythagoricsentencesof Demophilus, translated from the Greek; and vehymns by Proclus, in the original Greek, with a po-etical version. To which are added ve hymns bythe translator. Reprinted many times, for exampleISBN 0-7661-6735-6.2 References[1] Nock 1926:xcvii[2] Nock 1926:cii[3] Sallustius Page of The Encyclopedia of the GoddessAthena.[4] Jona Lendering. Julianus Apostata on livius.org.[5][6] Mario Meunier. Prolgomnes, in Salluste lePhilosophe, Des Dieux et du Monde, p.5. (French)[7] JovianusFlavius, ChristianemperorinHenryWace(1911). Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literatureto the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account ofthe Principal Sects and Heresies.3 External linksGreek Wikisource has original text related to thisarticle: On the Gods and the World. (Thomas Taylor trans-lation)On the Gods and the World. (Gilbert Murray trans-lation)12 4 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES4 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses4.1 Text Sallustius Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallustius?oldid=668081474 Contributors: AdamBishop, Eugene van der Pijll, Dimadick,QuartierLatin1968, Wareh, Mark K. Jensen, BD2412, Carbidscher, Pok148, Tomisti, Kramden, Attilios, SmackBot, AndreasJS, Cplaki-das, Akhilleus, BrownHairedGirl, Cydebot, Thijs!bot, J. W. Love, Kauczuk, Meic Crahart, Doktorspin, Singinglemon~enwiki, Oskar71,Addbot, Lightbot, Yobot, TakenakaN, Omnipaedista, Oatley2112, Pollinosisss, EmausBot, Laszlovszky Andrs, Pokbot, JohnChrysostom,Davidiad, Platopete, KasparBot and Anonymous: 34.2 Images4.3 Content license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0