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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Graeme MilesPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 1 Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9781138219458ISBN 10: 1138219452 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 27 November 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Mimēsis and the Active Interpreter in the VA and Heroicus 3 Limitations on Infallibility: Containing the Interpretive Voices in the VA and Heroicus 4 The Transcendent Interpreter in the VA and Heroicus 5 The Imagines: The Deeds and Appearances of Heroes 6 The Imagines: Reflexive Landscapes 7 The Sophist on Sophists: Vitae Sophistarum 8 The Desirous Interpreter: Philostratus’ Letters 9 Reading Nature and Culture: Gymnasticus and Dialexis 10 Conclusion: Mimēsis and Paideia BibliographyReviewsPhilostratus: Interpreters and Interpetation is a stimulating, focused and coherent first book and first contribution to a new series. It should, as the author hopes with a traditional envoi in his last paragraph, happily encourage further research in an important area of understanding the Greek culture of the Roman Empire. - Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge, UK, Byrn Mawr Classical Review 2018 Philostratus: Interpreters and Interpetation is a stimulating, focused and coherent first book and first contribution to a new series. It should, as the author hopes with a traditional envoi in his last paragraph, happily encourage further research in an important area of understanding the Greek culture of the Roman Empire. - Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge, UK, Byrn Mawr Classical Review 2018 Author InformationGraeme Miles is a lecturer in classics at the University of Tasmania. He researches in ancient Greek literature and thought, especially of the Roman era. He has published numerous articles on Philostratus and is currently producing, with Dirk Baltzly and John Finamore, a translation of Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s Republic. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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