Ascetic Behaviour in Greco-Roman Antiquity : A Sourcebook

In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L.

Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world.

The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.