This is the first volume of collected papers to be devoted to the
work of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian
of Greek culture in the Roman world, and the most scintillating
writer of Greek prose in the third century AD. The papers cover his
remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue,
from pictorial description to love letters, and from prescriptions
for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists. The quality of his
writing and the concerns within his purview - religion, aesthetics,
athletics and education - make Philostratus's writings among the
most important documents for understanding Greek culture in the
Roman world, and guide us in exploring the maturity of Hellenic
cultural identity in the context of the rise of Christianity. Few
studies have been devoted to this neglected figure, and this
collection will therefore be of great value to scholars and
students of imperial Greek literature and art.
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