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Paideia at play : learning and wit in Apuleius /
Paidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its' height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style and achievements of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A crucial element in the display of paidea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
| Publicado: |
Groningen :
Barkhuis Publishing : Groningen University Library,
2008.
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| Colección: | Ancient narrative. Supplementum ;
11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Paidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its' height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style and achievements of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A crucial element in the display of paidea was an ability to mix the witty and playful with the serious and instructive. The Second Sophistic is known as a Greek phenomenon, but these essays ask how the Latin author Apuleius fitted into this framework, and created a distinctively latin expression of paidea, focusing on the elements of playfulness. |
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| Notas: | "This volume presents a collection of revised versions of papers originally read at the international conference "Apuleius and the second sophistic : an orator at play," which took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 23-25, 2007"--Page [vii]. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 302 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789491431463 9491431463 |
| ISSN: | 1568-3540 ; 1568-3540 |