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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Apuleius and the Second Sophistic: an Orator at Play
Other Authors: Riess, Werner (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
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Published: Groningen : Barkhuis Publishing : Groningen University Library, 2008.
Series:Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; 11.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The sophist at play in court : Apuleius' Apology and his literary career / Stephen J. Harrison
  • Legal strategy and learned display in Apuleius' Apology / James B. Rives
  • Apuleius Socrates Africanus? : Apuleius' defensive play / Werner Reiss
  • Homer in Apuleius' Apology / Vincent Hunink
  • The "riches" of poverty : literary games with poetry in Apuleius' Luas Paupertatis (Apology 18) / Thomas D. McCreight
  • Eloquentia ludens : Apuleius' Apology and the cheerful side of standing trial / Stefan Tilg
  • Centaus solis fabulis : a symposiastic reading of Apuleius' novel / Maaike Zimmerman
  • A festival of laughter : Lucius, Milo and Isis playing the game of Hospitium / Robert E. Vander Poppen
  • Social commentary in the Metamorphoses : Apuleius' play with satire / Elizabeth M. Greene
  • Playing with elegy : tales of lovers in books 1 and 2 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / Amanda G. Mathis
  • Vigilans somniabar : some narrative uses of dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses / David P.C. Carlisle
  • Apuleian Ecphraseis : depiction at play / Niall W. Slater.