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Hierophantic

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hi·er·o·phant  (hr--fnt, hr-, h-r-fnt)
n.
1. An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian mysteries.
2. An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge.
3. One who explains or makes a commentary.
[Late Latin hierophanta, from Greek hierophants : hieros, holy; see eis- in Indo-European roots + -phants, one who shows (from phainein, phan-, to show; see bh-1 in Indo-European roots).]
hier·o·phantic adj.


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The notion of Ficino as a self-styled prophetic, hierophantic figure fits not only within the world of active intellectuals in early modern Europe (Giovanni Mercurio da Correggio and Savonarola come to mind as do transalpine figures like Jan of Leiden), but more specifically in the context of millenarian Florence at the at the end of the Quattrocento.
Pythagoras in The Renaissance: The Case of Marsilio Ficino by Celenza, Christopher S. / Renaissance Quarterly
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