Title Greek biography and panegyric in late antiquity / edited by Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau ; with the assistance of Christian Høgel

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) Series The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature The transformation of the classical heritage ; 31 Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. Transformation of the classical heritage ; 31. Contents Philosophic lives and the philosophic life: Porphyry and Iamblichus / Gillian Clark -- Birth, death, and divinity in Porphyry's Life of Plotinus / M.J. Edwards -- Form and meaning: the Vita Constantini and the Vita Antonii / Averil Cameron -- Antony as teacher in the Greek Life / Philip Rousseau -- Philosophy and simplicity: the problem of classical education in early Christian biography / Samuel Rubenson -- Your honor, my reputation: St. Gregory of Nazianzus's funeral oration on St. Basil the Great / Frederick W. Norris -- How to praise a friend: St. Gregory of Nazianzus's funeral oration for St. Basil the Great / David Konstan -- Eros transformed: same-sex love and divine desire, reflections on the erotic vocabulary in St. Gregory of Nazianzus's speech on St. Basil the Great / Jostein Børtnes -- The rhetoric of praise in the private orations of Themistius / Robert J. Penella -- Strategies of representation in collective biography: constructing the subject as holy / Patricia Cox Miller -- The Syriac life of Rabbula and Syrian Hellenism / G.W. Bowersock Summary The period from AD250 and AD 450 witnessed the creation of a distinctive Christian Greek culture in the eastern part of the Roman empire. This text focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism, drawing on the literature of the time Analysis Biography as a literary form Greek prose literature - History and criticism Greece - Biography - History and criticism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Greek prose literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses Authors, Greek -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Congresses Biography as a literary form -- Congresses Praise in literature -- Congresses Authors, Greek -- Biography Biography Biography as a literary form Greek prose literature Praise in literature Biografieën. Lofredes. Grieks. Panegyrikus Frühchristentum Spätantike Christentum Literatur Biografie Greek prose literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses. Authors, Greek -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Congresses. Praise in literature -- Congresses. Biographie (genre littéraire) grecque -- Congrès. Éloges -- Dans la littérature -- Congrès. Panégyriques -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès. Biographies -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès. SUBJECT Greece -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Congresses Subject Greece Griechenland Altertum Greece -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Congresses. Bergen <Norwegen, 1996> Griechisch. Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc. Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Hägg, Tomas. Rousseau, Philip. Høgel, Christian. ISBN 9780520925052 052092505X

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