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Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Thomas S. Schmidt
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Thomas Schmidt is professeur ordinaire de philologie classique, Institut des Sciences de rAntiquite et du Monde byzantin, Universite de Fribourg (Suisse). --
The Oxford Handbook of the Second Sophistic
Language: en
Pages: 777
Authors: Daniel S. Richter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remain
Noscendi Nilum Cupido
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Eleni Manolaraki
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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What significations did Egypt have for the Romans a century after Actium and afterwards? How did Greek imperial authors respond to the Roman fascination with th
Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Daniel King
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This volume investigates the history and nature of pain in Greek culture under the Roman Empire (50-250 CE). Traditional accounts of pain in this society have f
Group Identity and Religious Individuality in Late Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Eric Rebillard
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: CUA Press

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To understand the past, we necessarily group people together and, consequently, frequently assume that all of its members share the same attributes. In this gro