Beyond the Second Sophistic
Adventures in Greek Postclassicism
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 adventuro…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-520-95702-2
- EAN: 9780520957022
- Produktnummer: 21596294
- Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 291 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'447 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Tim Whitmarsh is Professor of Ancient Literatures, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
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