Beyond the Second Sophistic

Beyond the Second Sophistic

Adventures in Greek Postclassicism

by Tim Whitmarsh
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The "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.

First published
2013
Publishers
University of California Press
Language
English

Tim Whitmarsh

About Tim Whitmarsh

Tim Whitemarsh is A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University. He works on all areas of Greek literature and culture, specialising particularly in the world of Greeks under the Roman Empire. He has also written a book on atheism in the ancient world, which will be out with Faber and Faber in 2015....

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