Hellenism and Empire

Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World Ad 50-250

By: Simon Swain

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Paperback | 1 April 1998

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Hellenism and Empire explores identity, politics, and culture in the Greek world of the first three centuries AD, the period known as the second sophistic. The sources of this identity were the words and deeds of classical Greece, and the emphasis placed on Greekness and Greek heritage was far greater then than at any other time. Yet this period is often seen as a time of happy consensualism between the Greek and Roman halves of the Roman Empire. The first part of the book shows that Greek identity came before any loyalty to Rome (and was indeed partly a reaction to Rome), while the views of the major authors of the period, which are studied in the second part, confirm and restate the prior claims of Hellenism.

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`Swain has plotted a cautious and helpful path through the lexical maze, while never losing sight of the larger view.' Times Literary Supplement `This volume is a scholarly discussion of the attitudes of Greek intellectuals in the Roman Empire...From this meticulous examination of second sophistic literati Swain draws two broad conclusions that challenge traditional opinion...This book is a must for anyone interested in the evolution of Greek culture and the second sophistic.' Richard M. Berhold, History.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Greeks	p. 15
Language and Identity	p. 17
The Practice of Purism	p. 43
Past and Present	p. 65
The Greek Novel and Greek Identity	p. 101
Greeks and Rome	p. 133
Plutarch	p. 135
Dio of Prusa	p. 187
Arrian and Appian	p. 242
Aristides	p. 254
Lucian	p. 298
Pausanias	p. 330
Galen	p. 357
Philostratus	p. 380
Cassius Dio	p. 401
Conclusion	p. 409
The Dating of the Greek Novels	p. 423
Sosius Senecio's Alleged Eastern Origin	p. 426
The Dating of Dio of Prusa's Rhodian and Alexandrian Orations	p. 428
Galen's On Theriac to Piso	p. 430
Bibliography	p. 433
Index	p. 475
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