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Chain of Gold : Greek Rhetoric in the Roman Empire.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (156 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780809337545
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chain of GoldDDC classification:
  • 808/.00938
LOC classification:
  • PA3265
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Rhetorical Possibilities under Empire: Captivity, Complicity -- 2. Sophist in Exile: Dio Chrysostom's Euboean Discourse -- 3. An Imperial Anti-sublime: Aristides' Roman Oration -- 4. Julia Domna's Dilemma: Sophistic Improvisation in the Eastern Empire -- 5. Curated Visions of Manhood in Philostratus' Imagines -- 6. No Animals Were Harmed: Sophistic Rhetoric in Heliodorus' Aithiopika -- 7. "Tiresome" Libanius: Speaking to Empire, Addressing Emperors -- 8. Conclusion: Refractions of Empire -- Appendix: A Recuration of Philostratus' Imagines -- Notes -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Rhetorical Possibilities under Empire: Captivity, Complicity -- 2. Sophist in Exile: Dio Chrysostom's Euboean Discourse -- 3. An Imperial Anti-sublime: Aristides' Roman Oration -- 4. Julia Domna's Dilemma: Sophistic Improvisation in the Eastern Empire -- 5. Curated Visions of Manhood in Philostratus' Imagines -- 6. No Animals Were Harmed: Sophistic Rhetoric in Heliodorus' Aithiopika -- 7. "Tiresome" Libanius: Speaking to Empire, Addressing Emperors -- 8. Conclusion: Refractions of Empire -- Appendix: A Recuration of Philostratus' Imagines -- Notes -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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