Greek Literature in Late Antiquity
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Achilles Tatius
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ancient rhetorical traditions
Antike Und Christentum
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Approaching Late Antiquity
Arius Didymus
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biography
Byzantine literary culture
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Contemporary Society
Cosmas Indicopleustes
Demonstratio Evangelica
East Syrian Tradition
Epideictic Speeches
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Geza Vermes
Home Town
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interdisciplinary approaches to Greek texts
Kephalaia Gnostica
La Prise
Late Antique Culture
Late Antique Literature
late antique philology
material culture studies
Modern Language
multilingual textual analysis
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Praeparatio Evangelica
Pseudo-Virgilian Ciris
reception theory classics
Saint Anastase Le Perse
St Polyeuktos
Supplementum Hellenisticum
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Theodore's Thought
Theodore’s Thought
Virius Nicomachus Flavianus
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754656838
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Late Antiquity has attracted a significant amount of attention in recent years. As a historical period it has thus far been defined by the transformation of Roman institutions, the emergence of distinct religious cultures (Jewish, Christian, Islamic), and the transmission of ancient knowledge to medieval and early modern Europe. Despite all this, the study of late antique literary culture is still in its infancy, especially for the Greek and other eastern texts examined in this volume. The contributions here presented make new inroads into a rich literature notable above all for its flexibility and unparalleled creativity in combining multiple languages and literary traditions. The authors and texts discussed include Philostratus, Eusebius of Caesarea, Nonnos of Panopolis, the important St Polyeuktos epigram, and numerous others. The volume makes use of a variety of interdisciplinary approaches in an attempt to provoke discussion on change (Dynamism), literary education (Didacticism), and reception studies (Classicism). The result is a study which highlights the erudition and literary sophistication characteristic of the period and brings questions of contextualization, linguistic association, and artistic imagination to bear on little-known or undervalued texts, without neglecting important evidence from material culture and social practices. With contributions by both established scholars and young innovators in the field of late antique studies, there is no work of comparable authority or scope currently available. This volume will stimulate further interest in a range of untapped texts from Late Antiquity.
Scott Fitzgerald Johnson is a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
