Greek biography and panegyric in late antiquity / edited by Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau ; with the assistance of Christian Høgel.

This book focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature of the period. The essays show how literary genres focusing on individual lives help to reveal this historical process. Together, the collection presents much new...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hägg, Tomas, Rousseau, Philip, Høgel, Christian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 31.
Subjects:
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 b1406445
003 MWH
005 20200407102701.0
008 000309s2000 cau b s101 0deng
010 |a 00028710 
015 |a GBA118515  |2 bnb 
015 |a GBA0V3811  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 000021404277  |2 AU 
019 |a 45337422  |a 150841099  |a 1000879028  |a 1058011103 
020 |a 0520223888  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
020 |a 9780520223882  |q (cloth ;  |q alk. paper) 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000021404277 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000055000364 
029 1 |a HEBIS  |b 094292701 
029 1 |a NZ1  |b 5602563 
029 1 |a UNITY  |b 014560151 
029 1 |a YDXCP  |b 1688501 
035 |a (OCoLC)43662085 
035 |a (OCoLC)43662085  |z (OCoLC)45337422  |z (OCoLC)150841099  |z (OCoLC)1000879028  |z (OCoLC)1058011103 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |c DLC  |d VVC  |d UKM  |d BAKER  |d NLGGC  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d RPY  |d HEBIS  |d ZWZ  |d CS1  |d BDX  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d CSB  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCA  |d DHA  |d OCLCA  |d AU@  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA 
043 |a e-gr--- 
049 |a HCDD 
050 0 0 |a PA3043  |b .G74 2000 
084 |a 888  |2 z 
084 |a 18.43  |2 bcl 
245 0 0 |a Greek biography and panegyric in late antiquity /  |c edited by Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau ; with the assistance of Christian Høgel. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c ©2000. 
300 |a xii, 288 pages ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a The transformation of the classical heritage ;  |v 31 
500 |a Papers originally presented at a conference at the Centre for the Study of European Civilization, Faculty of Arts, University of Bergen (Norway), August 28-31, 1996. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and indexes. 
505 0 |a Philosophic lives and the philosophic life: Porphyry and Iamblichus / Gillian Clark -- Birth, death, and divinity in Porphyry's Life of Plotinus / M.J. Edwards -- Form and meaning: the Vita Constantini and the Vita Antonii / Averil Cameron -- Antony as teacher in the Greek Life / Philip Rousseau -- Philosophy and simplicity: the problem of classical education in early Christian biography / Samuel Rubenson -- Your honor, my reputation: St. Gregory of Nazianzus's funeral oration on St. Basil the Great / Frederick W. Norris -- How to praise a friend: St. Gregory of Nazianzus's funeral oration for St. Basil the Great / David Konstan -- Eros transformed: same-sex love and divine desire, reflections on the erotic vocabulary in St. Gregory of Nazianzus's speech on St. Basil the Great / Jostein Børtnes -- The rhetoric of praise in the private orations of Themistius / Robert J. Penella -- Strategies of representation in collective biography: constructing the subject as holy / Patricia Cox Miller -- The Syriac life of Rabbula and Syrian Hellenism / G.W. Bowersock. 
520 1 |a This book focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature of the period. The essays show how literary genres focusing on individual lives help to reveal this historical process. Together, the collection presents much new research and helps show Late Antiquity not only as an important transitional period but also as an era with an identity of its own. [publisher]. 
650 0 |a Greek prose literature  |x History and criticism  |v Congresses. 
650 0 |a Authors, Greek  |x Biography  |x History and criticism  |v Congresses. 
651 0 |a Greece  |x Biography  |x History and criticism  |v Congresses. 
650 0 |a Biography as a literary form  |v Congresses. 
650 0 |a Praise in literature  |v Congresses. 
655 7 |a Conference papers and proceedings.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423772 
655 7 |a Criticism, interpretation, etc.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 
700 1 |a Hägg, Tomas. 
700 1 |a Rousseau, Philip. 
700 1 |a Høgel, Christian. 
830 0 |a Transformation of the classical heritage ;  |v 31. 
856 4 2 |3 Contributor biographical information  |u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/00028710.html  |t 0 
856 4 2 |3 Publisher description  |u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/00028710.html  |t 0 
907 |a .b14064455  |b 04-07-20  |c 10-04-03 
998 |a hd  |b 04-07-20  |c m  |d a   |e -  |f eng  |g cau  |h 0  |i 1 
995 |a MARION AEP-4316 
994 |a C0  |b HCD 
945 |f  - -   |g 1  |h 0  |i 38400002938197  |j  - -   |k 04-04-2008 9:49  |l hddin  |o -  |p $0.00  |q -  |r -  |s -   |t 0  |u 3  |v 0  |w 1  |x 0  |y .i1493498x  |z 10-04-03 
999 f f |i 0cdcb663-a07e-50b4-b6a1-dd114c651518  |s c964d1e4-f4e4-52ad-a8bb-a892bdfadde4  |t 0 
952 f f |p Can Circulate  |a College of the Holy Cross  |b Main Campus  |c Dinand  |d Dinand Library  |t 0  |e PA3043 .G74 2000  |h Library of Congress classification  |i Book  |m 38400002938197