Author: Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520344588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The “Second Sophistic” traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire’s power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Covering popular fiction, poetry and Greco-Jewish material, it argues for a rich, dynamic, and diverse culture, which cannot be reduced to a simple model of continuity. Shining new light on a series of playful, imaginative texts that are left out of the traditional accounts of Greek literature, Whitmarsh models a more adventurous, exploratory approach to later Greek culture. Beyond the Second Sophistic offers not only a new way of looking at Greek literature from 300 BCE onwards, but also a challenge to the Eurocentric, aristocratic constructions placed on the Greek heritage. Accessible and lively, it will appeal to students and scholars of Greek literature and culture, Hellenistic Judaism, world literature, and cultural theory.
Beyond the Second Sophistic
Author: Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520344588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The “Second Sophistic” traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire’s power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Covering popular fiction, poetry and Greco-Jewish material, it argues for a rich, dynamic, and diverse culture, which cannot be reduced to a simple model of continuity. Shining new light on a series of playful, imaginative texts that are left out of the traditional accounts of Greek literature, Whitmarsh models a more adventurous, exploratory approach to later Greek culture. Beyond the Second Sophistic offers not only a new way of looking at Greek literature from 300 BCE onwards, but also a challenge to the Eurocentric, aristocratic constructions placed on the Greek heritage. Accessible and lively, it will appeal to students and scholars of Greek literature and culture, Hellenistic Judaism, world literature, and cultural theory.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520344588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The “Second Sophistic” traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire’s power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Covering popular fiction, poetry and Greco-Jewish material, it argues for a rich, dynamic, and diverse culture, which cannot be reduced to a simple model of continuity. Shining new light on a series of playful, imaginative texts that are left out of the traditional accounts of Greek literature, Whitmarsh models a more adventurous, exploratory approach to later Greek culture. Beyond the Second Sophistic offers not only a new way of looking at Greek literature from 300 BCE onwards, but also a challenge to the Eurocentric, aristocratic constructions placed on the Greek heritage. Accessible and lively, it will appeal to students and scholars of Greek literature and culture, Hellenistic Judaism, world literature, and cultural theory.
The Second Sophistic
Author: Graham Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134856849
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Presenting the sophists' role as civic celebrities side-by-side with their roles as transmitters of Hellenic culture, Anderson produces a valuable and lucid account of the Second Sophistic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134856849
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Presenting the sophists' role as civic celebrities side-by-side with their roles as transmitters of Hellenic culture, Anderson produces a valuable and lucid account of the Second Sophistic.
The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic
Author: Daniel S. Richter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199837473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199837473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).
The Second Sophistic
Author: Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780198568810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached the oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780198568810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached the oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period.
Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic
Author: Barbara E. Borg
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110204711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosophy, and poetry joined with rhetorical brilliance and a presentable manner became the outward appearance of the elite of the Eastern Roman Empire. This outward appearance guaranteed a high social status as well as political and economical power for the individual and major advantages for their hometowns in interpolis competition. Since paideia was related particularly to Classical Greek antiquity, it was, at the same time, fundamental to the new self-confidence of the Greek East. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest. These contributions show that the Sophists and their texts were only the most prominent exponents of a system of thoughts and values structuring the life of the elite in general.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110204711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosophy, and poetry joined with rhetorical brilliance and a presentable manner became the outward appearance of the elite of the Eastern Roman Empire. This outward appearance guaranteed a high social status as well as political and economical power for the individual and major advantages for their hometowns in interpolis competition. Since paideia was related particularly to Classical Greek antiquity, it was, at the same time, fundamental to the new self-confidence of the Greek East. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest. These contributions show that the Sophists and their texts were only the most prominent exponents of a system of thoughts and values structuring the life of the elite in general.
The Second Sophistic
Author: Graham Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134856830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Sophism was the single most important movement in second century literature: prose of that period came to be written as entertainment rather than confined to historical subjects. Graham Anderson shows how the Greek sophists' skills in public speaking enabled them to perform effectively across a variety of activities. As he presents the sophists' roles as civic celebrities side-by-side with their roles as transmitters of Hellenic culture and literary artists, a co-ordinated view of the Second Sophistic as a complex phenomenon emerges.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134856830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Sophism was the single most important movement in second century literature: prose of that period came to be written as entertainment rather than confined to historical subjects. Graham Anderson shows how the Greek sophists' skills in public speaking enabled them to perform effectively across a variety of activities. As he presents the sophists' roles as civic celebrities side-by-side with their roles as transmitters of Hellenic culture and literary artists, a co-ordinated view of the Second Sophistic as a complex phenomenon emerges.
The Greek World of Apuleius
Author: Gerald Sandy
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004330321
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The first three chapters of this book elucidate the scholastic goals of both classical cultures during the Roman Imperial period. Apuleius' works share the stage in these chapters with representatives of the second-century Greek cultural paradigm. They define patterns of discourse and fit selected examples of analogous Apuleian strategies into the broader cultural framework. Subsequent chapters focus closely on the complete Apuleian corpus under the general headings of Apuleius in the roles of orator, philosopher and novelist. Two of Apuleius' philosophical works and his novel the Golden Ass provide an unparalleled opportunity to analyze the methods of translation and adaptation employed by the major Latin writer of the second half of the second century.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004330321
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The first three chapters of this book elucidate the scholastic goals of both classical cultures during the Roman Imperial period. Apuleius' works share the stage in these chapters with representatives of the second-century Greek cultural paradigm. They define patterns of discourse and fit selected examples of analogous Apuleian strategies into the broader cultural framework. Subsequent chapters focus closely on the complete Apuleian corpus under the general headings of Apuleius in the roles of orator, philosopher and novelist. Two of Apuleius' philosophical works and his novel the Golden Ass provide an unparalleled opportunity to analyze the methods of translation and adaptation employed by the major Latin writer of the second half of the second century.
The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies
Author: Michael John MacDonald
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199731594
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Featuring roughly sixty specially commissioned essays by an international cast of leading rhetoric experts from North America, Europe, and Great Britain, the Handbook will offer readers a comprehensive topical and historical survey of the theory and practice of rhetoric from ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment up to the present day.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199731594
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Featuring roughly sixty specially commissioned essays by an international cast of leading rhetoric experts from North America, Europe, and Great Britain, the Handbook will offer readers a comprehensive topical and historical survey of the theory and practice of rhetoric from ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment up to the present day.
The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire
Author: Kendra Eshleman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107026385
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examines the role of social networks in defining the identity of sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107026385
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examines the role of social networks in defining the identity of sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire.
Philo and Paul Among the Sophists
Author: Bruce W. Winter
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521591089
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A study of Philo and Paul and the first-century sophistic movement.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521591089
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A study of Philo and Paul and the first-century sophistic movement.