Mario Baumann
Author
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Ein hochgebildeter und virtuoser Meister der Redekunst wandelt mit seinen Bewunderern durch eine Galerie und beschreibt ihnen die dort versammelten Gemälde: So präsentieren sich Philostrats Eikones ihrem Leser. Mario Baumann analysiert, wie der Rhetor sich die Bilder souverän aneignet, wie er sein Vorgehen dabei immer wieder variiert und die verschiedensten - oft auch gegensätzlichen - Techniken, Perspektiven und Positionen der Deutung miteinander...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Although the relationship of Greco-Roman historians with their readerships has attracted much scholarly attention, classicists principally focus on individual historians, while there has been no collective work on the matter. The editors of this volume aspire to fill this gap and gather papers which offer an overall view of the Greco-Roman readership and of its interaction with ancient historians. The authors of this book endeavor to define the physiognomy...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Despite their rich tradition, the Carmina Anacreontea transmitted in the Palatine Anthology have received little scholarly attention. This neglect is linked to questions concerning their authenticity. Long read as poems by the ancient lyricist Anacreon, they are now regarded instead as imitations of Anacreontic lyricism. This volume presents the latest findings on the language, poetology, tradition, and reception of this lyrical collection.
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Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Although digressive discourse constitutes a key feature of Greco-Roman historiography, we possess no collective volume on the matter. The chapters of this book fill this gap by offering an overall view of the use of digressions in Greco-Roman historical prose from its beginning in the 5th century BCE up to the Imperial Era. Ancient historiographers traditionally took as digressions the cases in which they interrupted their focused chronological narration....