Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and its times =: Regards sur la Seconde Sophistique et son époque /

From a workshop held at Université Laval, Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and its Times brings together fourteen essays and a range of perspectives, including work from scholars in literature, philology, linguistics, history, political science, sociology, and religion. The essays explore the Se...

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Corporate Author: Atelier de recherche Regards sur la seconde sophistique et son époque
Other Authors: Schmidt, Thomas S., Fleury, Pascale
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011
Series:Phoenix. Supplementary volume (Toronto, Ont.) ; 49.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:From a workshop held at Université Laval, Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and its Times brings together fourteen essays and a range of perspectives, including work from scholars in literature, philology, linguistics, history, political science, sociology, and religion. The essays explore the Second Sophistic and describe how the intellectual elites of this period perceived and defined themselves, how they were judged by later authors, and how we understand them today."--Pub. desc.
The Second Sophistic (50 to 250 BCE) was an intellectual movement throughout the ancient Greek and Roman world. Although it can be characterized as a literary and cultural phenomenon of which rhetoric is an essential component, other themes and values such as peideia, mimesis, the glorification of the past, the importance of Athens, and Greek identity pervade the literature and art of this era.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 273 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442690363
1442690364

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