The propaganda of power : the role of panegyric in late antiquity /

The propaganda of power : the role of panegyric in late antiquity /

The 13 essays presented here shed new light on the role of panegyric in the western and eastern Roman Empire in the late antique world. Introductory chapters give an overview of panegyrical theory and practice, followed by studies of major writers of the early empire and the anonymous Panegyrici lat...

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Other Authors: Whitby, Mary.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 183.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Classical literature > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Greece.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > History and criticism.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin > History and criticism.
Laudatory poetry, Classical > History and criticism.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Politics and literature > Rome.
Praise in literature.
Propaganda, Greek.
Propaganda, Roman.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Christian literature, Early.
Classical literature.
Laudatory poetry, Classical.
Politics and literature.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA3014.P65 P76 1998

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