04566nam 2200865Ia 450 991078758260332120220307214808.00-520-95702-410.1525/9780520957022(CKB)2670000000395657(EBL)1323167(OCoLC)857069043(OCoLC)854521666(SSID)ssj0000949761(PQKBManifestationID)11522012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949761(PQKBWorkID)10996690(PQKB)11690023(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229739(DE-B1597)519773(DE-B1597)9780520957022(Au-PeEL)EBL1323167(CaPaEBR)ebr10738709(CaONFJC)MIL506293(OCoLC)854521666(OCoLC)857069043(MiAaPQ)EBC1323167(EXLCZ)99267000000039565720130318d2013 ub 0engurnna---|u||utxtccrBeyond the Second Sophistic[electronic resource] adventures in Greek postclassicism /Tim WhitmarshBerkeley University of California Press20131 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27681-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction. Beyond the Second Sophistic and into the Postclassical --1. The "Invention of Fiction" --2. The Romance of Genre --3. Belief in Fiction. Euhemerus of Messene and the Sacred Inscription --4. An I for an I. Reading Fictional Autobiography --5. Metamorphoses of the Ass --6. Addressing Power. Fictional Letters between Alexander and Darius --7. Philostratus's Heroicus. Fictions of Hellenism --8. Mimesis and the Gendered Icon in Greek Theory and Fiction --9. Greek Poets and Roman Patrons in the Late Republic and Early Empire --10. The Cretan Lyre Paradox. Mesomedes, Hadrian, and the Poetics of Patronage --11. Lucianic Paratragedy --12. Quickening the Classics. The Politics of Prose in Roman Greece --13. Politics and Identity in Ezekiel's Exagoge --14. Adventures of the Solymoi --References --IndexThe "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Covering popular fiction, poetry and Greco-Jewish material, it argues for a rich, dynamic, and diverse culture, which cannot be reduced to a simple model of continuity. Shining new light on a series of playful, imaginative texts that are left out of the traditional accounts of Greek literature, Whitmarsh models a more adventurous, exploratory approach to later Greek culture. Beyond the Second Sophistic offers not only a new way of looking at Greek literature from 300 BCE onwards, but also a challenge to the Eurocentric, aristocratic constructions placed on the Greek heritage. Accessible and lively, it will appeal to students and scholars of Greek literature and culture, Hellenistic Judaism, world literature, and cultural theory.Greek literatureRomeHistory and criticismGreek literatureHistory and criticismancient literature.aristocratic constructions.classics.different model.diverse culture.engaging.exploratory approach.greco-jewish material.greek culture.greek heritage.greek literature.greek oratory.greek rhetoric.hellenic civilization.hellenistic judaism.historical.history.literary.roman empire.rome.second sophistic.Greek literatureHistory and criticism.Greek literatureHistory and criticism.880.9/001Whitmarsh Tim479134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787582603321Beyond the Second Sophistic260936UNINA