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Paideia - The World of the Second Sophistic

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In the World of the Second Sophistic, education, paideia, was a crucial factor in the discourse of power. Knowledge in the fields of medicine, history, philosophy, and poetry joined with rhetorical brilliance and a presentable manner became the outward appearance of the elite of the Eastern Roman Empire. This outward appearance guaranteed a high social status as well as political and economical power for the individual and major advantages for their hometowns in interpolis competition. Since paideia was related particularly to Classical Greek antiquity, it was, at the same time, fundamental to the new self-confidence of the Greek East. This book presents, for the first time, studies from a broad range of disciplines on various fields of life and on different media, in which this ideology became manifest. These contributions show that the Sophists and their texts were only the most prominent exponents of a system of thoughts and values structuring the life of the elite in general.

Author Biography

Barbara E. Borg, University of Exeter, UK.
Release date Australia
September 30th, 2020
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributor
  • Edited by Barbara E. Borg
Country of Publication
Germany
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Illustrations
119 Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
de Gruyter
Pages
520
Publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN-13
9783110195361
Product ID
5765042

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