LEADER 03923nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910463252603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95702-4 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520957022 035 $a(CKB)2670000000395657 035 $a(EBL)1323167 035 $a(OCoLC)857069043$z(OCoLC)854521666 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000949761 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11522012 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000949761 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10996690 035 $a(PQKB)11690023 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1323167 035 $a(DE-B1597)519773 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520957022 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1323167 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10738709 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL506293 035 $a(OCoLC)854521666 035 $a(OCoLC)857069043 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000395657 100 $a20130318d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond the Second Sophistic$b[electronic resource] $eadventures in Greek postclassicism /$fTim Whitmarsh 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27681-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction. Beyond the Second Sophistic and into the Postclassical --$t1. The "Invention of Fiction" --$t2. The Romance of Genre --$t3. Belief in Fiction. Euhemerus of Messene and the Sacred Inscription --$t4. An I for an I. Reading Fictional Autobiography --$t5. Metamorphoses of the Ass --$t6. Addressing Power. Fictional Letters between Alexander and Darius --$t7. Philostratus's Heroicus. Fictions of Hellenism --$t8. Mimesis and the Gendered Icon in Greek Theory and Fiction --$t9. Greek Poets and Roman Patrons in the Late Republic and Early Empire --$t10. The Cretan Lyre Paradox. Mesomedes, Hadrian, and the Poetics of Patronage --$t11. Lucianic Paratragedy --$t12. Quickening the Classics. The Politics of Prose in Roman Greece --$t13. Politics and Identity in Ezekiel's Exagoge --$t14. Adventures of the Solymoi --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe "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. 606 $aGreek literature$zRome$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a880.9/001 700 $aWhitmarsh$b Tim$0479134 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463252603321 996 $aBeyond the Second Sophistic$9260936 997 $aUNINA