Libanius the sophist rhetoric, reality, and religion in the fourth century /

Cribiore, Raffaella,

Libanius the sophist rhetoric, reality, and religion in the fourth century / Raffaella Cribiore. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource. - Townsend lectures/Cornell studies in classical philology .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Rhetoric and the distortion of reality -- A rhetor and his audience : the role of invective -- A man and his gods -- God and the gods -- Conclusion : Julian's school edict again.



9780801469084


Libanius--Criticism and interpretation.


Electronic Books.

PA4228 / .L533 2013