Chain of gold : Greek rhetoric in the Roman empire / Susan C. Jarratt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarratt, Susan Carole Funderburgh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Barred from political engagement and legal advocacy, the second sophists composed and performed epideictic works for audiences across the Mediterranean world during the early centuries of the Common Era.In a wide-ranging study, author Susan C.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Rhetorical Possibilities under Empire: Captivity, Complicity

2. Sophist in Exile: Dio Chrysostom's Euboean Discourse

3. An Imperial Anti-sublime: Aristides' Roman Oration

4. Julia Domna's Dilemma: Sophistic Improvisation in the Eastern Empire

5. Curated Visions of Manhood in Philostratus' Imagines

6. No Animals Were Harmed: Sophistic Rhetoric in Heliodorus' Aithiopika

7. "Tiresome" Libanius: Speaking to Empire, Addressing Emperors

8. Conclusion: Refractions of Empire

Appendix: A Recuration of Philostratus' Imagines

Notes

Works Cited and Consulted

Index

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-8093-3754-1

OCLC:

1130044898