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This book is a collection of twelve important but little-read
orations of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, providing an
English translation for each with a thorough introduction and
copious notes. In spite of Libanius' influence during his lifetime,
he has until recently been neglected by scholars since his Greek is
often intricate and difficult to approach. Libanius lived in
Antioch (Syria) where he was a teacher of rhetoric: His school was
the most important in the East and students flocked there from many
countries. Some of the orations in this collection, like his
correspondence, illuminate his relations with his students as well
as his methods of teaching rhetoric, a discipline for which he had
the highest regard. These orations also show that Libanius was a
major figure in his city, in frequent contact with influential
officials and governors, and that he even had a close relationship
with the Emperor Julian. Oration 37 reveals that there were rumours
that Julian had contributed to the death of his wife by asking a
court doctor to poison her, while Oration 63 indicates that
Libanius, usually considered to be a thorough-going pagan, was
bequeathed the patrimony of a Christian friend, even though the
latter's brother was bishop of Antioch. Fascinating and
thought-provoking, this essential collection of translations of
Libanius' orations will be invaluable to scholars of the fourth
century.
This book is a collection of twelve important but little-read
orations of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, providing an
English translation for each with a thorough introduction and
copious notes. In spite of Libanius' influence during his lifetime,
he has until recently been neglected by scholars since his Greek is
often intricate and difficult to approach. Libanius lived in
Antioch (Syria) where he was a teacher of rhetoric: His school was
the most important in the East and students flocked there from many
countries. Some of the orations in this collection, like his
correspondence, illuminate his relations with his students as well
as his methods of teaching rhetoric, a discipline for which he had
the highest regard. These orations also show that Libanius was a
major figure in his city, in frequent contact with influential
officials and governors, and that he even had a close relationship
with the Emperor Julian. Oration 37 reveals that there were rumours
that Julian had contributed to the death of his wife by asking a
court doctor to poison her, while Oration 63 indicates that
Libanius, usually considered to be a thorough-going pagan, was
bequeathed the patrimony of a Christian friend, even though the
latter's brother was bishop of Antioch. Fascinating and
thought-provoking, this essential collection of translations of
Libanius' orations will be invaluable to scholars of the fourth
century.
This book is at once a thorough study of the educational system
for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the
vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. It
describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate
skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised.
Raffaella Cribiore draws on over 400 papyri, ostraca (sherds of
pottery or slices of limestone), and tablets that feature
everything from exercises involving letters of the alphabet through
rhetorical compositions that represented the work of advanced
students. The exceptional wealth of surviving source material
renders Egypt an ideal space of reference. The book makes
excursions beyond Egypt as well, particularly in the Greek East, by
examining the letters of the Antiochene Libanius that are concerned
with education.
The first part explores the conditions for teaching and
learning, and the roles of teachers, parents, and students in
education; the second vividly describes the progression from
elementary to advanced education. Cribiore examines not only school
exercises but also books and commentaries employed in education--an
uncharted area of research. This allows the most comprehensive
evaluation thus far of the three main stages of a liberal
education, from the elementary teacher to the grammarian to the
rhetorician. Also addressed, in unprecedented detail, are female
education and the role of families in education. "Gymnastics of the
Mind" will be an indispensable resource to students and scholars of
the ancient world and of the history of education.
This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a
major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious
schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious
adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but
also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John
Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines
Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant
educator, though somewhat gloomy and anxious by nature. She traces
how he cultivated a wide network of friends and former pupils and
courted powerful officials to recruit top students. Cribiore
describes his school in Antioch--how students applied, how they
were evaluated and trained, and how Libanius reported progress to
their families. She details the professional opportunities that a
thorough training in rhetoric opened up for young men of the day.
Also included here are translations of 200 of Libanius's most
important letters on education, almost none of which have appeared
in English before. Cribiore casts into striking relief the
importance of rhetoric in late antiquity and its influence not only
on pagan intellectuals but also on prominent Christian figures. She
gives a balanced view of Libanius and his circle against the
far-flung panorama of the Greek East.
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An Oasis City (Hardcover)
Roger S. Bagnall, Nicola Aravecchia, Raffaella Cribiore, Paola Davoli, Olaf E Kaper, …
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Scattered through the vast expanse of stone and sand that makes up
Egypt's Western Desert are several oases. These islands of green in
the midst of the Sahara owe their existence to springs and wells
drawing on ancient aquifers. In antiquity, as today, they supported
agricultural communities, going back to Neolithic times but
expanding greatly in the millennium from the Saite pharaohs to the
Roman emperors. New technologies of irrigation and transportation
made the oases integral parts of an imperial economy. Amheida,
ancient Trimithis, was one of those oasis communities. Located in
the western part of the Dakhla Oasis, it was an important regional
center, reaching a peak in the Roman period before being abandoned.
Over the past decade, excavations at this well-preserved site have
revealed its urban layout and brought to light houses, streets, a
bath, a school, and a church. The only standing brick pyramid of
the Roman period in Egypt has been restored. Wall-paintings, temple
reliefs, pottery, and texts all contribute to give a lively sense
of its political, religious, economic, and cultural life. This book
presents these aspects of the city's existence and its close ties
to the Nile valley, by way of long desert roads, in an accessible
and richly illustrated fashion.
This archaeological report provides a comprehensive study of the
excavations carried out at Amheida House B2 in Egypt's Dakhleh
Oasis between 2005 and 2007, followed by three study seasons
between 2008 and 2010. The excavations at Amheida in Egypt's
western desert, begun in 2001 under the aegis of Columbia
University and sponsored by NYU since 2008, are investigating all
aspects of social life and material culture at the administrative
center of ancient Trimithis. The excavations so far have focused on
three areas of this very large site: a centrally located
upper-class fourth-century AD house with wall paintings, an
adjoining school, and underlying remains of a Roman bath complex; a
more modest house of the third century; and the temple hill, with
remains of the Temple of Thoth built in the first century AD and of
earlier structures. Architectural conservation has protected and
partly restored two standing funerary monuments, a mud-brick
pyramid and a tower tomb, both of the Roman period. This is the
second volume of ostraka from the excavations Amheida (ancient
Trimithis) in Egypt. It adds 491 items to the growing corpus of
primary texts from the site. In addition to the catalog, the
introductory sections make important contributions to understanding
the role of textual practice in the life of a pre-modern small
town. Issues addressed include tenancy, the administration of
water, governance, the identification of individuals in the
archaeological record, the management of estates, personal
handwriting, and the uses of personal names. Additionally, the
chapter "Ceramic Fabrics and Shapes” by Clementina Caputo breaks
new ground in the treatment of these inscribed shards as both
written text and physical object. This volume will be of interest
to specialists in Roman-period Egypt as well as to scholars of
literacy and writing in the ancient world and elsewhere.
Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and
eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school
of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the
Eastern Empire. In this book, Raffaella Cribiore draws on her
unique knowledge of the entire body of Libanius s vast literary
output including 64 orations, 1,544 letters, and exercises for his
students to offer the fullest intellectual portrait yet of this
remarkable figure whom John Chrystostom called the sophist of the
city."
Libanius (314 ca. 393) lived at a time when Christianity was
celebrating its triumph but paganism tried to resist. Although
himself a pagan, Libanius cultivated friendships within Antioch s
Christian community and taught leaders of the Church including
Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea. Cribiore calls him a gray pagan
who did not share the fanaticism of the Emperor Julian. Cribiore
considers the role that a major intellectual of Libanius s caliber
played in this religiously diverse society and culture. When he
wrote a letter or delivered an oration, who was he addressing and
what did he hope to accomplish? One thing that stands out in
Libanius s speeches is the startling amount of invective against
his enemies. How common was character assassination of this sort?
What was the subtext to these speeches and how would they have been
received? Adapted from the Townsend Lectures that Cribiore
delivered at Cornell University in 2010, this book brilliantly
restores Libanius to his rightful place in the rich and culturally
complex world of Late Antiquity."
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