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The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens

By Jacqueline de Romilly

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1998
ISBN
019823807X, 9780198238072
Open Library ID
OL7398004M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8786120 bytes)
Pages
281\281
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The arrival of the Sophists in Athens in the middle of the fifth century B.C. was a major intellectual event, for they brought with them a new method of teaching founded on rhetoric and bold doctrines which broke away from tradition. In this book de Romilly investigates the reasons for the initial success of the Sophists and the reaction against them, in the context of the culture and civilization of classical Athens.

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