{"product_id":"perceptions-of-the-second-sophistic-and-its-times-regards-sur-la-seconde-sophistique-et-son-epoque-paperback-softback-9781487525972","title":"Perceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times - Regards Sur La Seconde Sophistique Et Son Époque (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487525972","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePerceptions of the Second Sophistic and Its Times - Regards Sur La Seconde Sophistique Et Son Époque\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Schmidt (Author), Pascale Fleury (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487525972\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Second Sophistic (50 to 250 BCE) was an intellectual movement throughout the ancient Greek and Roman world. Although it can be characterized as a literary and cultural phenomenon of which rhetoric is an essential component, other themes and values such as \u003cem\u003epeideia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003emimesis\u003c\/em\u003e, the glorification of the past, the importance of Athens, and Greek identity pervade the literature and art of this era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a workshop held at UniversitÉ Laval, \u003cem\u003ePerceptions of the Second Sophistic and its Times\u003c\/em\u003e brings together fourteen essays and a range of perspectives, including work from scholars in literature, philology, linguistics, history, political science, sociology, and religion. The essays explore the Second Sophistic and describe how the intellectual elites of this period perceived and defined themselves, how they were judged by later authors, and how we understand them today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Thomas Schmidt (UniversitÉ de Fribourg) and Pascale Fleury (UniversitÉ Laval) \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePART I : Essence et presence de la Seconde Sophistique \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e Narrative of Cultural Geography in Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Adam Kemezis (University of Alberta)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Second Sophistic and Non-Elite Speakers \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Ian Henderson (McGill University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eL’HÉraclÈs d’HÉrode: hÉroÏsme et philosophie dans la sophistique de Philostrate \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Dominque CÔtÉ (University of Ottawa)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e PART II: L’orateur et son image\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e L’orateur oracle: une image sophistique \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Pascale Fleury\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Portrait d’un rhÉteur: Aelius Aristide comme initÉ mystique et athlete dans les Discours sacrÉs \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Janet Downie (Princeton University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Une Écriture du visuel au temps de la Seconde Sophistique: ClÉment d’Alexandrie (Protreptique) et Philostrate (Images) \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Anne Pasquier (UniversitÉ Laval) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III: PassÉ et identitÉ grecque\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e Sophistes, barbares et identitÉ grecques: le cas de dion Chrysostome \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Thomas Schmidt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reflets de l’hellÉnisme chez AthÉnÉe À travers l’emploi des termes […] \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Marie-HÉlÈne Mainguy (UniversitÉ Laval)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Pausanias le PÉriÉgÈte et la Seconde Sophistique \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Janick Auberger (UniversitÉ du QuÉbec À MontrÉal)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART IV: Texte, tradition et performance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e Dance and Discourse in Plutarch’s Table Talks 9.15 \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Karin Schlapbach (University of Ottawa)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Galen on […] \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Sean Alexander Gurd (Concordia University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART V: HÉritage et influence de la Seconde Sophistique\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eWere the Speeches of Aelius Aristides “rediscovered” in the 350s p.C.? \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e John Vanderspoel (University of Calgary)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Libanius’ Monody for Daphne (Or. 60) and the Eleusinios Logos of Aelius Aristides \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Diane Johnson (University of Western Washington)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e ThÉmistios et la Seconde Sophistique: le thÈme du tyran \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Christian R. 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