1st Edition
Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity
List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Enlightened King or Pragmatic Rulers? Ptolemaic Patronage of Scholarship and Sciences in Context – Francesca Schironi; Chapter 2: How (not?) to Talk to Monarchs: The Case of the Epicurean Diogenes of Seleucia – Clive Chandler; Chapter 3: A Disillusioned Intellectual: Timagenes of Alexandria – Livia Capponi; Chapter 4: Reassessing Ovid’s Image of Tiberius and his Principate – Sanjaya Thakur; Chapter 5: Entangled Imperial Identities: Citizen, Subject, and Mentor in Plutarch’s Aratus – Mallory Monaco Caterine; Chapter 6: The Misleading Representations of Dion as Philosopher-General in Plutarch’s Life – Richard Evans; Chapter 7: Magister Domino: Intellectual and Pedagogical Power in Fronto’s Correspondence – Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael; Chapter 8: Marcus Aurelius, Greek Poets, and Greek Sophists: Friends or Foes? – Ewen Bowie; Chapter 9: Entertainers, Persuaders, Adversaries: Interactions of Sophists and Rulers in Philostratus’ Lives of Sophists – Katarzyna Jażdżewska; Chapter 10: Lucian on Roman Officials – Heinz-Günther Nesselrath; Chapter 11: How to Flatter an Imperial Mistress: The Image of Panthea in Lucian’s Imagines – Balbina Bäbler; Chapter 12: Speaking Truth to Power: Julian, the Cynics, and the Ethiopian Gymnosophists of Heliodorus – John Hilton; Index
Biography
Philip R. Bosman (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) specialises in intellectual history, Hellenistic philosophy and Greek literature of the imperial age. He has published articles and edited volumes on a range of topics related to Greco-Roman antiquity. His monograph Conscience in Philo and Paul: A Conceptual History of the Synoida Word Group was published in 2003.
"Philip Bosman has brought together a distinguished group of scholars, who have illuminated this complex topic from a number of important and fascinating angles. Thus, anyone concerned with the intersections of the world of the mind and the world of politics in ancient Greece and Rome will find much of value here."
- Michael Peachin, New York University, USA
"The volume is engaging, and the authors are to be complimented for the stimulating questions they raised."
- Monika Amsler, Ancient West & East
