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Record Nr.

UNISA996199219503316

Autore

Philostratus, the Athenian, <active 2nd century-3rd century, >

Titolo

Heroicus / / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Jeffrey Rusten and Jason K onig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99674-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 521

Soggetti

Dialogues, Greek

Gymnastics

Hero worship - Greece

Heroes

Physical education and training

Physical education and training - Greece

Protesilaus (Greek mythology)

Trojan War

Dialogues, Greek

Greece

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Heroicus / edited and translated by Jeffrey Rusten -- Gymnasticus / edited and translated by Jason König -- Discourses 1 and 2 / translated by Kayser ; repunctuated and edited by Jeffrey Rusten.

Sommario/riassunto

Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body.