Libanius the sophist
Subtitle: rhetoric, reality, and religion in the fourth century
By: Raffaella Cribiore
Series: Townsend lectures/Cornell studies in classical philology; Cornell studies in classical philology
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780801452079
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rhetoric and the distortion of reality; title: A rhetor and his audience : the role of invective; title: A man and his gods; title: God and the gods; title: Conclusion : Julian's school edict again.