Gulyás Katalin et al. (szerk.): Tisicum. A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megyei Múzeumok évkönyve 26. (Szolnok, 2018)
Kultúrtörténet - Hoppál Krisztina: Ignoti facie, sed non vellere Seres. Az oikumené legkeletibb pontjáról kialakult kép az antik források alapján
TISICUM XXVI. Marcianus Periplus Maris Exteri Marcianus Epitome Peripli Menippei Martianus Capella De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii Méla De Sit. Orb=Pomponius Méla De Situ orbis Origenes Contra Celsus Origenes Series Veteris Interpretationes Commentariorum in Matthaeum Orosius Históriáé Ovid. Amores=Ovidius Amores Ovid. Met=Ovidius Metamorphoses Patr. Graeca=Patrologia Graeca Paus. Desc. Graec=Pausanias Descriptio Graecarum Periplus=Periplus Maris Erythraei Philostr. Ep.=Philostratus Epistulae Photius Myriobiblon Plinius Nat. Hist=Plinius Naturális História Procopios De Bellis Propertius Elegiae Porphyrio Commentarium in Horatium Flaccum, Ódák Ptolemaios Geog= Ptolemaios Geographia Rabirius Bellum Actiacum=Rabirius, Bellum Actiacum e Papira Herculanense Recognitiones pseudo-Clementinae Rufus Fest. Av. Desc. orb. ter =Rufus Festus Avienus Descriptio orbis terrae Seneca Ep.Mor. ad Luc=Seneca Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium Seneca Here. Oet=Seneca Hercules Oetaeus Seneca Hier, ad lovin=Hieronymus adversus lovianum Seneca Phaedra Seneca Thyestes Servius Com=Servius In Vergilii Bucolica et Georgica commentarii sevillai Isidore Etim= sevillai Isidore Etymologiae Sidonius Apollinaris Carmina Silius Italicus Punica Solinus De Mir. Mund=Solinus De Mirabilibus Mundi Statius Silv=Statius Silvae Stephanus Byzantius Ethnika Strabón Geog=Strabón Geógraphika Suet=Suetonius Vita Caesarum Tabula Peutingeria Vergilius Georg=Vergilius Georgica Vibius Sequester De fluminibus=De fluminibus, fontibus, locubus, nemoribus, paludibus, monatibus, gentibus per litteras Vulgata Est=Vulgata Esther Hoppál Krisztina Ignoti facie, sed non et vellere Seres Fluctuating Concepts on the Easternmost Part of the Oikumene A reconsideration Collecting and interpreting Greco-Roman texts concerning the mysterious Seres i.e. Silk people is a quite popular focus in recent scholarship. Thanks to these great efforts Seres accounts became extensively studied and many of the earlier misinterpretations have been cleared. It is already widely accepted that in 1st -5th century Western literature only an ambiguous knowledge appeared about this silkweaving society and the term Seres rather referred to a vague ethnonym on the easternmost part of the Oikumene than to the Chinese or any other nations exclusively. However analyzing Roman perceptions of the Silk people is still a less studied topic. Through grouping these texts by date and genre it is possible to encircle a fluctuation of information which might help to envisage how the Roman concept of this far eastern population changed through the centuries. The paper does not merely provide another collection of Seres records but by using the above method also aims to give an integrated approach towards the Roman views of the Silk people which might provide a better understanding on the Roman reception of the Far East. Translated by the Author 444
