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001 2014019436
003 DLC
005 20150926080728.0
008 140731s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014019436
020 $a9781107062726 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPA3256$b.K46 2014
082 00 $a937/.07$223
084 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKemezis, Adam M.,$d1977-$eauthor.
245 10 $aGreek narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans :$bCassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian /$cAdam M. Kemezis.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axi, 340 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aGreek culture in the Roman world
520 2 $a"The political instability of the Severan Period (AD 193-235) destroyed the High Imperial consensus about the Roman past and caused both rulers and subjects constantly to re-imagine and re-narrate both recent events and the larger shape of Greco-Roman history and cultural identity. This book examines the narratives put out by the new dynasty, and how the literary elite responded with divergent visions of their own. It focuses on four long Greek narrative texts from the period (by Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian), each of which constructs its own version of the empire, each defined by different Greek and Roman elements and each differently affected by dynastic change, especially that from Antonine to Severan. Innovative theories of narrative are used to produce new readings of these works that bring political, literary and cultural perspectives together in a unified presentation of the Severan era as a distinctive historical moment"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-334), appendices and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- From Antonine to Severan -- Cassius Dio: The Last Annalist -- Philostratus' Apollonius: Hellenic Perfection on an Imperial Stage -- Philostratus' Sophists: Hellas' Antonine Golden Age -- Herodian: A Dysfunctional Rome -- Conclusion: From "Severan" to "Third-Century" Appendix: The Date of Composition of Dio's History -- The Dates and Addressees of Philostratus' Apollonius and Sophists -- The Date, Scope and Author of Herodian's History.
650 0 $aGreek prose literature.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$ySeverans, 193-235.
600 00 $aCassius Dio Cocceianus.
600 00 $aHerodian.
600 00 $aPhilostratus,$cthe Athenian,$dactive 2nd century-3rd century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/62726/cover/9781107062726.jpg