7 Chapter 3: Representations of travel motivation in the Lives of Gregory of Decapolis, Euthymius the Younger and Elias the Younger 3.1 Introduction 112 3.2 Travel motivations: categorisation 113 3.3 Representations of travel motivation in the Life of Gregory of Decapolis 118 3.3.1 The creation of the Life 118 3.3.2 Representation of travel motivation in the Life of Gregory of Decapolis 126 3.3.3 Conclusions 138 3.4 Representations of travel motivation in the Life of Euthymius the Younger 140 3.4.1 The creation of the Life 140 3.4.2 Representation of travel motivation in the Life of Euthymius the Younger 145 3.4.3 Conclusions 152 3.5 Representation of travel motivation in the Life of Elias the Younger 154 3.5.1 The creation of the Life 154 3.5.2 Representation of travel motivations in the Life of Elias the Younger 157 3.5.3 Conclusions 165 3.6 Conclusion 167 Chapter 4: Conceptual metaphors of travel and stability in the Life of Gregory of Decapolis 4.1 Introduction 174 4.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory 175 4.3 Holiness and metaphors of travel 180 4.4 Immobility, stability and virtue 190 4.5 Conclusion 196 Conclusion 202 Appendices 218 Maps of the saints’ journeys 236 Bibliography 240
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