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Prosopography of Greek rhetors and sophists of the Roman Empire

Title: Prosopography of Greek rhetors and sophists of the Roman Empire / Paweł Janiszewski, Krystyna Stebnicka, Elżbieta Szabat ; based on the translation of Dorota Dzierzbicka.
Author: Janiszewski, Paweł, 1967-
Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Description

xx, 449 pages; 26 cm

Summary

This volume - the first project of its kind in the field - collates c. 1200 biographical entries on Greek sophists and rhetors who flourished in the Roman Empire from the first to the seventh century AD. Ancient Greek sophists, the masters of speech and teachers of rhetoric, constituted one of the most important and interesting intellectual circles of the ancient world. The prosopography provides comprehensive information on sophists and their activities, using abundant and varied source material such as literary texts (including those of the rhetors themselves) and papyrological, epigraphic, and numismatic evidence. Each entry provides data (where available) on sources in which the person is attested, biographical details, career, and rhetorical activity. This book constitutes a basis and a tool for subsequent in-depth studies on the Greek Sophistic movement, as well as a useful reference book for students and all those interested in the culture of the ancient world.

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Genre/Form

Biographies.
Biography.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-437) and indexes.

Call Number

JFF 15-1023

ISBN

9780198713401
0198713401

OCLC

897337126

Author

Janiszewski, Paweł, 1967- author.

Title

Prosopography of Greek rhetors and sophists of the Roman Empire / Paweł Janiszewski, Krystyna Stebnicka, Elżbieta Szabat ; based on the translation of Dorota Dzierzbicka.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-437) and indexes.

Added Author

Stebnicka, Krystyna, author.

Szabat, Elżbieta, author.

Dzierzbicka, Dorota, translator.

Research Call Number

JFF 15-1023

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