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Man and Animal in Severan Rome - The Literary Imagination of Claudius Aelianus (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,768
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Man and Animal in Severan Rome - The Literary Imagination of Claudius Aelianus (Hardcover): Steven D. Smith

Man and Animal in Severan Rome - The Literary Imagination of Claudius Aelianus (Hardcover)

Steven D. Smith

Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World

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The Roman sophist Claudius Aelianus, born in Praeneste in the late second century CE, spent his career cultivating a Greek literary persona. Aelian was a highly regarded writer during his own lifetime, and his literary compilations would be influential for a thousand years and more in the Roman world. This book argues that the De natura animalium, a miscellaneous treasury of animal lore and Aelian's greatest work, is a sophisticated literary critique of Severan Rome. Aelian's fascination with animals reflects the cultural issues of his day: philosophy, religion, the exoticism of Egypt and India, sex, gender, and imperial politics. This study also considers how Aelian's interests in the De natura animalium are echoed in his other works, the Rustic Letters and the Varia Historia. Himself a prominent figure of mainstream Roman Hellenism, Aelian refined his literary aesthetic to produce a reading of nature that is both moral and provocative.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World
Release date: July 2014
Authors: Steven D. Smith
Dimensions: 236 x 157 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-03398-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
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LSN: 1-107-03398-5
Barcode: 9781107033986

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