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The Second Sophistic: A Cultural Phenomenon in the Roman Empire

By Graham Anderson

Book information

Year
1993
ISBN
0415099889, 9780415099882, 9780203974056
LCC
DG78 .A63 1993
Open Library ID
OL1741090M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2329533 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
320\318
Topic
Economy
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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.

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