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Philostratus (Routledge Revivals)

2014-06-17 Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) by : Graham Anderson

Download or read book Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) written by Graham Anderson. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Philostratus , first published in 1986, presents the Greek biographer’s treatment of both sophists and holy men in the social and intellectual life of the early Roman Empire, which also displays his own distinctive literary personality as a superficial dilettante and an engrossing snob. Through him we gain a glimpse of the rhetorical schools and their rivalries, as well as a bizarre portrayal of the celebrated first-century holy man Apollonius of Tyana, long loathed by his later Christian press as a Pagan Christ. Rarely does a biographer’s reputation revolve round the charge that he forged his principal source. Graham Anderson’s account produces new evidence which supports Philostratus’ credibility, but it also extends the charges of ignorance and bias in his handling of fellow-sophists. Philostratus is intended for any reader interested in the social, cultural and literary history of the Roman Empire as well as the professional classicist.

Philostratus (Routledge Revivals)

2014-06-17 Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) by : Graham Anderson

Download or read book Philostratus (Routledge Revivals) written by Graham Anderson. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Philostratus , first published in 1986, presents the Greek biographer’s treatment of both sophists and holy men in the social and intellectual life of the early Roman Empire, which also displays his own distinctive literary personality as a superficial dilettante and an engrossing snob. Through him we gain a glimpse of the rhetorical schools and their rivalries, as well as a bizarre portrayal of the celebrated first-century holy man Apollonius of Tyana, long loathed by his later Christian press as a Pagan Christ. Rarely does a biographer’s reputation revolve round the charge that he forged his principal source. Graham Anderson’s account produces new evidence which supports Philostratus’ credibility, but it also extends the charges of ignorance and bias in his handling of fellow-sophists. Philostratus is intended for any reader interested in the social, cultural and literary history of the Roman Empire as well as the professional classicist.

Philostratus

1986 Biographers
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Release : 1986
Genre : Biographers
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Download or read book Philostratus written by Graham Anderson. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals)

2014-03-18 History
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Release : 2014-03-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) by : Jan N. Bremmer

Download or read book Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) written by Jan N. Bremmer. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically, the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected, with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history, ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus, Orpheus, Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology, and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.

Studies in Ancient Society (Routledge Revivals)

2013-01-11 History
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Release : 2013-01-11
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Studies in Ancient Society (Routledge Revivals) by : M.I. Finley

Download or read book Studies in Ancient Society (Routledge Revivals) written by M.I. Finley. This book was released on 2013-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1978, this volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, ‘structuralist’ studies of this period in Roman history. The topics treated include Athenian politics, the Roman conquest of the east, violence in the later Roman Republic, the second Sophistic, and persecutions of the early Christians. The authors have all produced original studies, a number of which have generated significant research by other ancient historians.

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