Paideia the world of the second sophistic /

In the World of the Second Sophistic, the Roman Empire's Greek elite turned education, paideia, and knowledge of the Classical age into a vital factor in their struggle for political power. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of li...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Borg, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2004.
Series:Millennium-Studien ; volume 2.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In the World of the Second Sophistic, the Roman Empire's Greek elite turned education, paideia, and knowledge of the Classical age into a vital factor in their struggle for political power. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest.
Item Description:Most of these papers originally presented at a conference on the "World of the Second Sophistic" held at the University of Heidelberg, March 2002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (500 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-454) and indexes.
ISBN:1283396823
9781283396820
9786613396822
6613396826
3110204711
9783110204711
ISSN:0922-0887 ;