Late antique studies in memory of Alan Cameron / edited by W. V. Harris, Anne Hunnell Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, William V. (William Vernon), editor, author.

Hunnell Chen, Anne, editor, author.

Cameron, Alan, 1938-2017, honouree.

Series:

Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; v. 46.

Columbia studies in the classical tradition, 0166-1302 ; volume 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical.

Civilization, Ancient.

History, Ancient.

Cameron, Alan, 1938-2017 honouree.

Cameron, Alan.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 321 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was, among other achievements, one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late-antique studies. In this tribute W. V. Harris and Anne Hunnell Chen have brought together fourteen contributions that cover a broad range of historical, literary, and art-historical topics, running from the first century AD to the ninth. Some contributions concern Cameron's own favourite themes (the Greek Anthology, the Historia Augusta, circus factions, the transmission of texts), while others seek to assess his work and its impact. Other papers branch out from his concerns to discuss slavery, simony, and hospitals. Fourth- and fifth-century writers are often to the fore and the volume includes a new text by the poet Dioscoros of Aphrodite.Contributors are: Averil Cameron, Raffaella Cribiore, Carmela Franklin, Arianna Gullo, Jean-Luc Fournet, W. V. Harris, Anne Hunnell Chen, Gavin Kelly, Michael Kulikowski, Noel Lenski, Charlotte Roueché, Michele Renee Salzman, Rita Lizzi Testa, Edward Watts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Alan Cameron and the Symmachi / Rita Lizzi Testa

Fel Temp Reparatio and Themistius' Oration : the story of an iconic coin and a career-defining Panegyric / Edward Watts

The Historia Augusta : minimalism and the adequacy of evidence / Michael Kulikowski

Ambrose thinks with slavery / Noel Lenski

Rutilius Namatianus, Melania the Younger, and the monks of Capraria / Gavin Kelly

Late antique Homeric exegesis in the Greek anthology / Arianna Gullo

Returning to the wandering poets : new poems by Dioscoros of Aphrodite / Jean-Luc Fournet

The lost Farnesianus Manuscript : Uncial capitals for the bishops of Rome / Carmela Vircillo Franklin

Late Antiquity between Sasanian East and Roman West : third-century imperial women as pawns in propaganda warfare / Anne Hunnell Chen

Simony and the State : politics and religion in the later Roman Empire / Michele Renee Salzman

Stenographers in Late Antiquity : villains or victims? / Raffaella Cribiore

Three questions about the ancient hospital / W.V. Harris

Celebrity and power : circus factions forty years on / Charlotte Roueché

Alan Cameron and Byzantium / Averil Cameron.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Late-antique studies in memory of Alan Cameron

ISBN:

9789004449367

9004449361

OCLC:

1206371926