Abstract:Asterius of Amaseia's Ekphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphemia focuses on a set of paintings depicting the martyrdom of the local saint that the author purportedly saw when he was in residence in Chalcedon. This article offers a new reading of the Ekphrasis, concentrating on two neglected but significant aspects: its place as an answer to the anguished deliberations of Church Fathers over the importance of classical paideia in Christianity, and the text's implicit yet clear stance that the written and spoken word can compete with and indeed surpass works of art of the same subject. Following the rules of the genre outlined in the rhetorical manuals while telling the story of a Christian martyr, the Ekphrasis demonstrates how an educated person (pepaideumenos) can employ his education in the service of the new, Christian message, and can even argue for its superiority over pagan traditions. Concomitantly, the Ekphrasis reinforces the notion that the word is superior to art because only an educated speaker or author can adequately interpret a work of art and dictate the proper ways of viewing and responding to it.

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Amaseia 的 Asterius 的 Ekphrasis on the Holy Martyr Euphemia

摘要：阿马塞亚的阿斯特里乌斯 (Asterius of Amaseia) 的《圣烈士尤菲米亚 (Euphemia) 的埃克弗拉西斯 (Ekphrasis)》集中描绘了一组描绘当地圣人殉难的画作，据称作者在他居住在卡尔克顿 (Chalcedon) 时看到了这一情景。这篇文章提供了对 Ekphrasis 的新解读，集中在两个被忽视但很重要的方面：它作为对教父们对基督教中古典派德亚重要性的痛苦审议的回答，以及该文本含蓄而明确的立场，即书面和口语可以与同一主题的艺术作品竞争甚至超越。遵循修辞手册中概述的体裁规则，同时讲述基督教殉道者的故事，Ekphrasis 展示了受过教育的人 (pepaideumenos) 如何利用他的教育来服务新的基督教信息，甚至可以争辩说它优于异教传统。同时，Ekphrasis 强化了这个词优于艺术的观念，因为只有受过教育的演讲者或作者才能充分解释艺术作品，并规定正确的观看和回应方式。