Theios Sophistes : essays on Flavius Philostratus' Vita Apollonii / edited by Kristoffel Demoen and Danny Praet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Demoen, Kristoffel.

Praet, Danny, 1968-

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 305.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century. Life of Apollonius of Tyana.

Philostratus.

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century--Criticism and interpretation.

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century.

Criticism and interpretation.

Biographers--Greece.

Biographers.

Biography as a literary form.

Sophists (Greek philosophy).

Greece.

Physical Description:

xvi, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English and French.

Summary:

Flavius Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana (Vita Apollonii), written in the first half of the third century CE, is a key text in the cultural, literary and religious history of the Second Sophistic and of Late Antiquity. Its generic and formal diversity, its shifting cultural and historical background, as well as its protean hero, call for a multifaceted and interdisciplinary reading. Theios Sophistes is the first collection of interpretative essays on the Vita Apollonii. Leading scholars in the field and younger critics make for a combination of methodological continuity and innovation. The book is divided into two sections, one focusing on literary and philological discussions and relating the Vita to other ancient texts and genres, and one dealing with religious and philosophical aspects. The wide range of approaches and perspectives does justice to the high level of literary, historical and philosophical-religious sophistication of this text.

Contents:

Part 1 Literary and Philological Aspects

Les choix narratifs de Philostrate dans la Vie d'Apollonios de Tyane / Alain Billault 3

Towards a New Critical Edition of Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: The Affiliation of the Manuscripts / Gerard Boter 21

Quotation of Earlier Texts in Τὰ ὲσ τὸν Τυανὲα Άπολλώνιον / Ewen Bowie 57

How to Become a Poet? Homer and Apollonius Visit the Mound of Achilles / Peter Grossardt 75

Author and Narrator: Fiction and Metafiction in Philostratus' Vita Apollonii / Wannes Gyselinck, Kristoffel Demoen 95

Reforming the Eyes: Interpreters and Interpretation in the Vita Apollonii / Graeme Miles 129

Irony Versus Eulogy. The Vita Apollonii as Metabiographical Fiction / Thomas Schirren 161

"Never the Twain Shall Meet?" Plutarch and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: Some Themes and Techniques / Luc Van der Stockt 187

Part 2 Historical, Religious and Philosophical Aspects

Folklore Versus Fakelore: Some Problems in the Life of Apollonius / Graham Anderson 211

Apollonius' Ascension / Jaap-Jan Flinterman 225

Some Letters of Apollonius of Tyana / Christopher Jones 249

The Emesan Connection: Philostratus and Heliodorus / John R. Morgan 263

Pythagoreanism and the Planetary Deities: The Philosophical and Literary Master-structure of the Vita Apollonii / Danny Praet 283

The Philostratean Apollonius as a Teacher / Erkki Koskenniemi 321

La Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane et le discours hagiographique / Marc Van Uytfanghe 335.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-392) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004171091

9004171096

OCLC:

233173513