Aelius Aristides between Greece, Rome, and the gods /

Aelius Aristides between Greece, Rome, and the gods /

Wealthy, conceited, hypochondriac (or perhaps just an invalid), obsessively religious, the orator Aelius Aristides (117 to about 180) is not the most attractive figure of his age, but because he is one of the best-known -- and he is intimately known, thanks to his Sacred Tales -- his works are a vit...

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Other Authors: Harris, William V., Holmes, Brooke, 1976-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 33.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222793.

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Aristides, Aelius > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.

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Call Number: PA3874.A7 Z5 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • W.V. Harris and Brooke Holmes
  • Introduction /
  • W.V. Harris
  • Chapter One. Aristides And Early Greek Lyric, Elegiac And Iambic Poetry /
  • Ewen Bowie
  • Chapter Two. Aelius Aristides And Thucydides: Some Remarks About The Panathenaic Oration /
  • Estelle Oudot
  • Chapter Three. Aristides' Uses Of Myths /
  • Suzanne Saїd
  • Chapter Four. Aristides And The Pantomimes /
  • G.W Bowersock
  • Chapter Five. Aelius Aristides' Illegible Body /
  • Brooke Holmes
  • Chapter Six. Proper Pleasures: Bathing And Oratory In Aelius Aristides' Hieros Logos I And Oration 33 /
  • Janet Downie
  • Chapter Seven. The Body In The Landscape: Aristides' Corpus In Light Of The Sacred Tales /
  • Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis
  • Chapter Eight. Aristides And Plutarch On Self-Praise /
  • Dana Fields
  • Chapter Nine. Aelius Aristides And Rome /
  • Laurent Pernot
  • Chapter Ten. The Encomium On Rome As A Response To Polybius' Doubts About The Roman Empire /
  • Francesca Fontanella
  • Chapter Eleven. Aelius Aristides And Rhodes: Concord And Consolation /
  • Carlo Franco
  • Chapter Twelve. Aristides' First Admirer /
  • Christopher Jones
  • Chapter Thirteen. Vying With Aristides In The Fourth Century: Libanius And His Friends /
  • Raffaella Cribiore
  • Chapter Fourteen. Aelius Aristides' Reception At Byzantium: The Case Of Arethas /
  • Luana Quattrocelli
  • Bibliography /
  • W.V. Harris and Brooke Holmes
  • Index /
  • W.V. Harris and Brooke Holmes.