From Bactrian Demetrios to Japanese Gobujo: myth, art, and language

Sino-Platonic Papers is pleased to announce the publication of its three-hundred-and-sixty-eighth issue: “Demetrios of Bactria as Deva Gobujo and Other Indo-Greek Myths of Japan,” by Lucas Christopoulos.  https://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp368_demetrios_of_bactria_deva_gobujo.pdf ABSTRACT A particular Buddhist divinity named Gobujo is represented in several Buddhist temples in Japan dating from the eighth century on. Originating in Nara, its distinctive representation […]