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Author : Libanius
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781589833609
Author : Raffaella Cribiore
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691171357
This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant educator, though somewhat gloomy and anxious by nature. She traces how he cultivated a wide network of friends and former pupils and courted powerful officials to recruit top students. Cribiore describes his school in Antioch--how students applied, how they were evaluated and trained, and how Libanius reported progress to their families. She details the professional opportunities that a thorough training in rhetoric opened up for young men of the day. Also included here are translations of 200 of Libanius's most important letters on education, almost none of which have appeared in English before. Cribiore casts into striking relief the importance of rhetoric in late antiquity and its influence not only on pagan intellectuals but also on prominent Christian figures. She gives a balanced view of Libanius and his circle against the far-flung panorama of the Greek East.
Author : Lieve Van Hoof
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781316060698
A professor of Greek rhetoric, frequent letter writer and influential social figure, Libanius (AD 314–393) is a key author for anybody interested in late antiquity, ancient rhetoric, ancient epistolography and ancient biography. Nevertheless, he remains understudied because it is such a daunting task to access his large and only partially translated oeuvre. This volume, which is the first comprehensive study of Libanius, offers a critical introduction to the man, his texts, their context and reception. Clear presentations of the orations, progymnasmata, declamations and letters unlock the corpus, and a survey of all available translations is provided. At the same time, the volume explores new interpretative approaches of the texts from a variety of angles. Written by a team of established as well as upcoming experts in the field, it substantially reassesses works such as the Autobiography, the Julianic speeches and letters, and Oration 30 For the Temples.
Author : Raffaella Cribiore
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801469084
Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the Eastern Empire. In this book, Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of Libanius’s vast literary output—including 64 orations, 1,544 letters, and exercises for his students—to offer the fullest intellectual portrait yet of this remarkable figure whom John Chrystostom called “the sophist of the city." Libanius (314–ca. 393) lived at a time when Christianity was celebrating its triumph but paganism tried to resist. Although himself a pagan, Libanius cultivated friendships within Antioch’s Christian community and taught leaders of the Church including Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea. Cribiore calls him a “gray pagan” who did not share the fanaticism of the Emperor Julian. Cribiore considers the role that a major intellectual of Libanius’s caliber played in this religiously diverse society and culture. When he wrote a letter or delivered an oration, who was he addressing and what did he hope to accomplish? One thing that stands out in Libanius’s speeches is the startling amount of invective against his enemies. How common was character assassination of this sort? What was the subtext to these speeches and how would they have been received? Adapted from the Townsend Lectures that Cribiore delivered at Cornell University in 2010, this book brilliantly restores Libanius to his rightful place in the rich and culturally complex world of Late Antiquity.
Author : Johann Albert Fabricius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1798
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN8X1I
Author : Libanius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061104736
Libanius of Antioch (AD 314-393) stands out as a fundamental source for the history of the Greek East in the fourth century AD. Drawn from the 1269 letters written between 355 and 365, the 183 letters presented here play an important role in making the age of Constantius II and Julian the Apostate the best-documented period of the ancient world.
Author : Mikael Johansson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Rhetoric, Ancient
ISBN : UOM:39015069153511
Author : Margaret E. Molloy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015037461558
Author : Sir William Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : UOM:39015012875640
Author : G. Middleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C047041481
Author : Roger Ambrose Pack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Antioch (Turkey)
ISBN : UOM:39015011290353
Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026177405
Author : ROGERS A. PACK
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015027430506
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455975
Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000007195641
