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

• Autore: Philostratus, the Athenian, <active 2nd century-3rd century, >
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: Dialogues, Greek; Gymnastics; Hero worship - Greece; Heroes; Physical education and training; Physical education and training - Greece; Protesilaus (Greek mythology); Trojan War
• Soggetto geografico: Greece
• Soggetto genere / forma: Dialogues, Greek
• Persona (resp. second.): K onigJason; RustenJeffrey S.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heroicus
• ISBN: 0-674-99674-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996199219503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno