Consoling Heliodorus - Scourfield, J. H. D. (Professor and Head of the Department of Classics, Professor and Head of the Department of Classics, National University of Maynooth, Ireland)

How did early Christians give comfort to the bereaved? This examination of one of the most important early Christian letters of consolation shows how Christian consolers adopted many of the approaches used by their pagan predecessors. The book includes both a text and translation of the letter.