LEADER 03549nam 2200517 450 001 9910168732703321 005 20230721034820.0 010 $a94-91431-46-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000119975 035 $a(EBL)1696015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001225084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12541207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11267783 035 $a(PQKB)10690697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1696015 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000119975 100 $a20081002d2008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPaideia at play $elearning and wit in Apuleius /$fedited by Werner Riess 210 1$aGroningen :$cBarkhuis Publishing :$cGroningen University Library,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 225 1 $aAncient narrative. Supplementum,$x1568-3540 ;$v11 300 $a"This volume presents a collection of revised versions of papers originally read at the international conference "Apuleius and the second sophistic : an orator at play," which took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 23-25, 2007"--P. [vii]. 311 $a90-77922-41-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [263]-280) and indexes. 327 $aThe sophist at play in court : Apuleius' Apology and his literary career / Stephen J. Harrison -- Legal strategy and learned display in Apuleius' Apology / James B. Rives -- Apuleius Socrates Africanus? : Apuleius' defensive play / Werner Reiss -- Homer in Apuleius' Apology / Vincent Hunink -- The "riches" of poverty : literary games with poetry in Apuleius' Luas Paupertatis (Apology 18) / Thomas D. McCreight -- Eloquentia ludens : Apuleius' Apology and the cheerful side of standing trial / Stefan Tilg -- Centaus solis fabulis : a symposiastic reading of Apuleius' novel / Maaike Zimmerman -- A festival of laughter : Lucius, Milo and Isis playing the game of Hospitium / Robert E. Vander Poppen -- Social commentary in the Metamorphoses : Apuleius' play with satire / Elizabeth M. Greene -- Playing with elegy : tales of lovers in books 1 and 2 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / Amanda G. Mathis -- Vigilans somniabar : some narrative uses of dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses / David P.C. Carlisle -- Apuleian Ecphraseis : depiction at play / Niall W. Slater. 330 $aPaidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its' height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style and achievements of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A crucial element in the display of paidea was an ability to mix the witty and playful with the serious and instructive. The Second Sophistic is known as a Greek phenomenon, but these essays ask how the Latin author Apuleius fitted into this framework, and created a distinctively latin expression of paidea, focusing on the elements of playfulness 410 0$aAncient narrative.$pSupplementum ;$v11. 606 $aSecond Sophistic movement 606 $aEducation, Ancient 615 0$aSecond Sophistic movement. 615 0$aEducation, Ancient. 702 $aRiess$b Werner 712 12$aApuleius and the Second Sophistic: an Orator at Play$f(2007 :$eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910168732703321 996 $aPaideia at play$92979394 997 $aUNINA