Ancient biography : identity through Lives / edited by Francis Cairns and Trevor Luke ; with the assistance of Sandra Cairns and Kyle Gaylor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cairns, Francis, editor.

Luke, Trevor, editor.

Conference Name:

Langford Latin Seminar (17th : 2015 : Florida State University)

Series:

Langford Latin Seminar. Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar ; 17.

ARCA : classical and medieval texts, papers and monographs, 0309-5541 ; 55

Papers of the Langford Latin seminar, 1740-8652 ; 17

ARCA, classical and medieval texts, papers, and monographs ; 55.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical biography.

Biography--To 500.

Biography.

Classical literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Prenton, UK : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd, 2018.

Contents:

Biography and Cultural Identity

Pindar, 'Lover of Athens': Dithyramb fr.76 and the Biographical Tradition p. 1 / Flore Kimmel-Clauzet (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)

Exemplarity and Identity in Cornelius Nepos' On Foreign Générais p. 25 / Rex Stem (University of California, Davis)

Reading Ethnic Identity in the Historia Augusta p. 53 / David Rohrbacher (New College of Florida)

Biography and Power

Polyaenus and Polycrates' Rise to Power p. 71 / Marcaline Boyd (University of Delaware)

Tyrant and Anti-tyrant: Archetypes and Exemplarity in Cornelius Nepos' Sicilian Lives p. 89 / Alexander Skufca (Florida State University)

Death by Narrative in Suetonius' Lives p. 107 / Cynthia Damon (University of Pennsylvania)

Biography, Identity, and Religion

Ruler Cult and Ancient Biography p. 131 / Federicomaria Muccioli (Università di Bologna)

Life is But a Dream: Biography and Dream-Divination p. 147 / Daniel Harris-McCoy (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

The Passio of St. Perpetua and the Creation of a Hero-Martyr p. 169 / Jennifer A. Rea (University of Florida)

Comparative Eschatology in Alexander's Letter to Olympias and the Book of Revelation p. 183 / Matthew W. Ferguson (University of California, Irvine)

Greek Lives under Roman Rule

Plutarch's Heroes and the 'Biographical Synecdoche' p. 213 / Alexei Zadorojnyi (University of Liverpool)

Cassius Dio's Contemporary History as Memoir and its Implications for Authorial Identity p. 229 / Andrew Scott (Villanova University)

Platonists and their Lives p. 249 / Svetla Slaveva-Griffm (Florida State University).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-303) and index.

ISBN:

099546121X

9780995461215

OCLC:

1023050878