The Mouth of Death: Salvation of Christians
The narrative joins episodes from Basil the New’s life with the account of Theodora’s death and visionary journey as related by Gregory. This historical Greek rendering, credited to Athanasios of Crete and printed in 1863, presents moral exhortation through hagiographical and visionary storytelling.
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Book languageGreek
Greek edition · 1863
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Key themes
- Basil the New
- Theodora’s vision
- Moral exhortation
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Visionary hagiographical literature; its narrative imagery requires attention to genre.
