The first volume of its kind to be devoted to the works of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian of Greek culture in the Roman world. The papers contained cover his remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue, and from prescriptions for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists.
The first volume of its kind to be devoted to the works of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian of Greek culture in the Roman world. The papers contained cover his remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue, and from prescriptions for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Part I. Introductory: 1. A protean corpus Jä Elsner; 2. Philostratus: the life of a Sophist Ewen Bowie; 3. Culture and nature in Philostratus Simon Swain; Part II. 'Lives of the Sophists': 4. Narrator and audience in Philostratus's 'Lives of the Sophists' Thomas Schmitz; 5. Philostratus and the symbolic roles of the Sophist and philosopher Harry Sidebottom; 6. The deaths of the Sophists: Philostratean biography and elite funerary customs Joseph Rife; Part III. 'Life of Apollonius': 7. Virtual visions: 'phantasia' and the perception of the divine in 'The Life of Apollonius of Tyana' Verity Platt; 8. The ancestor of my wisdom: Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the 'Life of Apollonius' Jaap-Jan Flinterman; 9. The odyssey of Apollonius: an intertextual paradigm Gert-Jan van Dijk; Part IV. 'Heroicus': 10. Performing heroics: language, landscape and identity in Philostratus's 'Heroicus' Tim Whitmarsh; 11. Black sails to Achilles: the Thessalian pilgrimage in Philostratus's 'Heroicus' Ian Rutherford; Part V. 'Gymnasticus': 12. Training athletes and interpreting the past in Philostratus's 'Gymnasticus' Jason König; Part VI. Letters: 13. Constructing identity in the 'Love Letters' of Philostratus Simon Goldhill; Part VII. Imagines: 14. Colour in the 'Imagines' of Philostratus Sandrine Dubel; 15. Absorption and erudition in Philostratus's 'Imagines' Zahra Newby; 16. Philostratus and the Narcissus of Caravaggio Stephen Bann; Appendix: Dialexis.
Part I. Introductory: 1. A protean corpus Jä Elsner; 2. Philostratus: the life of a Sophist Ewen Bowie; 3. Culture and nature in Philostratus Simon Swain; Part II. 'Lives of the Sophists': 4. Narrator and audience in Philostratus's 'Lives of the Sophists' Thomas Schmitz; 5. Philostratus and the symbolic roles of the Sophist and philosopher Harry Sidebottom; 6. The deaths of the Sophists: Philostratean biography and elite funerary customs Joseph Rife; Part III. 'Life of Apollonius': 7. Virtual visions: 'phantasia' and the perception of the divine in 'The Life of Apollonius of Tyana' Verity Platt; 8. The ancestor of my wisdom: Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the 'Life of Apollonius' Jaap-Jan Flinterman; 9. The odyssey of Apollonius: an intertextual paradigm Gert-Jan van Dijk; Part IV. 'Heroicus': 10. Performing heroics: language, landscape and identity in Philostratus's 'Heroicus' Tim Whitmarsh; 11. Black sails to Achilles: the Thessalian pilgrimage in Philostratus's 'Heroicus' Ian Rutherford; Part V. 'Gymnasticus': 12. Training athletes and interpreting the past in Philostratus's 'Gymnasticus' Jason König; Part VI. Letters: 13. Constructing identity in the 'Love Letters' of Philostratus Simon Goldhill; Part VII. Imagines: 14. Colour in the 'Imagines' of Philostratus Sandrine Dubel; 15. Absorption and erudition in Philostratus's 'Imagines' Zahra Newby; 16. Philostratus and the Narcissus of Caravaggio Stephen Bann; Appendix: Dialexis.
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