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 Aelius Aristides between Greece, Rome, and the Gods:

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xiv)   (3M)
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    • Contents
    • Abreviations
    • Preface
    • Contributors
  • Introduction (1-6) by W.V. Harris   (171K)
  • Aristides And Early Greek Lyric, Elegiac And Iambic Poetry (7-30) by Ewen Bowie   (1M)
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    • Dio Of Prusa
    • Maximus Of Tyre
    • Philostratus Of Athens' Apollonius
    • Aristides
    • Conclusions
  • Aelius Aristides And Thucydides: Some Remarks About The Panathenaic Oration (31-50) by Estelle Oudot   (807K)
  • Aristides' Uses Of Myths (51-68) by Suzanne Saїd   (626K)
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    • I. Muthos
    • II. The Heracles Myth And Rhetoric
    • III. The Heracles Myth And Ideology
    • IV. The Prometheus Myth
  • Aristides And The Pantomimes (69-78) by G.W Bowersock   (352K)
  • Aelius Aristides' Illegible Body (79-114) by Brooke Holmes   (2M)
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    • Interpreting The Disease
    • Remembering Suffering
  • Proper Pleasures: Bathing And Oratory In Aelius Aristides’ Hieros Logos I And Oration 33 (115-130) by Janet Downie   (136K)
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    • Alousia
    • Professional Apologetics In Oration 33
    • Socratic Posturing
  • The Body In The Landscape: Aristides’ Corpus In Light Of The Sacred Tales (131-150) by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis   (154K)
  • Aristides And Plutarch On Self-Praise (151-172) by Dana Fields   (166K)
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    • Self-Praise In The High Empire
    • Plutarch: The Value Of Harmony
    • Aristides: Self-Promotion In The Service Of Truth
    • Aristides: Divine Sanction
    • Aristides: The Critic’s Critic
    • Comparison: Perpendicular Lives?
    • Conclusion: The Cost Of Self-Praise Versus Its Value
  • Aelius Aristides And Rome (173-202) by Laurent Pernot   (174K)
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    • 1. Aristides Rebels In The Name Of Asclepius
    • 2. Messages In Veiled Terms
    • Conclusions
  • The Encomium On Rome As A Response To Polybius’ Doubts About The Roman Empire (203-216) by Francesca Fontanella   (129K)
  • Aelius Aristides And Rhodes: Concord And Consolation (217-250) by Carlo Franco   (234K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Rhodiakos
    • To The Rhodians, On Concord
  • Aristides’ First Admirer (251-262) by Christopher Jones   (101K)
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    • Phrynichos On Aristides
    • The Time Of Writing
    • The Social And Geographical Setting
    • Phrynichos On Language And Literature
  • Vying With Aristides In The Fourth Century: Libanius And His Friends (263-278) by Raffaella Cribiore   (129K)
  • Aelius Aristides’ Reception At Byzantium: The Case Of Arethas (279-294) by Luana Quattrocelli   (1M)
  • Bibliography (295-318)   (213K)
  • Index (319-326)   (79K)