Man and the Word - The Orations of Himerius

Zusatztext "A work of great patience and exhaustive scholarship." Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Penella is Professor of Classics at Fordham University and author of The Private Orations of Themistius (UC Press)! among other books. Klappentext "This important book by a superior scholar makes Himerius' speeches accessible for the first time in English. "—Timothy Barnes, author of Constantine and Eusebius Zusammenfassung Offers the English translation of the orations of Himerius of Athens, a prominent teacher of rhetoric in the fourth century AD. This book contains 79 surviving orations and fragments of orations in the tradition of imperial Greek rhetoric. It illuminates relations in the educated community, and illustrates the ongoing civic role of the sophist. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction The Orations Chapter 1. Himerius's Son! Rufinus Chapter 2. In Praise of Cities and of Men Chapter 3. In and Around Himerius's School Chapter 4. Coming and Going in Himerius's School Chapter 5. The Epithalamium for Severus Chapter 6. Imaginary Orations Chapter 7. Orations Addressed to Roman Officials Chapter 8. Miscellaneous Remains Arrangement of Orations and Concordance Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Himerius, Robert J. (TRN) Penella
• Assisted by: Robert J. Penella (Editor), Penella Robert J. (Editor), Robert J. Penella (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780520250932
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25093-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays