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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:	Civilization, Greco-Roman > Congresses. Sophists (Greek philosophy) > Congresses. Civilisation gréco-romaine > Congrès. Sophistes grecs > Congrès. Civilization, Greco-Roman Sophists (Greek philosophy) Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:

Glamorous intellectuals: Portraits of pepaideumenoi in the second and third centuries ADStädtische Münzprägung und zweite Sophistik; Athletics and paideia: Festivals and physical education in the world of the Second Sophistic; Men, muscle, and myth: Attic sarcophagi in the cultural context of the Second Sophistic; Aelius Aristides: A suitable case for treatment; Aspekte öffentlicher Bibliotheken in der Kaiserzeit; 'Creating religious identities': Paideia e religione nella Seconda Sofistica; Sophists and emperors: A reconnaissance of sophistic attitudes
The Cretan lyre paradox: Mesomedes, Hadrian and the poetics of patronage Sophisten und Archonten: Paideia als gesellschaftliches Argument bei Libanios; Back matter