Libanius the Sophist : : Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century /

Libanius the Sophist : : Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century / / Raffaella Cribiore.

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Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the Eastern Empire. In this book, Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of Libaniu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Cribiore, Raffaella,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Classical Philology ; 63
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Rhetoric and the Distortion of Reality
  • Chapter 2. A Rhetor and His Audience
  • Chapter 3. A Man and His Gods
  • Chapter 4. God and the Gods
  • Conclusion: Julian's School Edict Again
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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