Polemics and Networking in Graeco-roman Antiquity

528 Pages·2022·2.063 MB·English

by  Pieter d'Hoine (editor), Geert Roskam (editor), Joseph Verheyden (editor), Stefan Schorn (editor)

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Polemics and Networking
in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
edited by
Pieter d’Hoine
Geert Roskam
Stefan Schorn
Joseph Verheyden
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D/2021/0095/285
DOI 10.1484/M.LECTIO-EB.5.126156
ISBN 978-2-503-59688-4
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ISSN 2565-8506
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pieter d’Hoine, Geert Roskam, Stefan Schorn & Joseph
Verheyden
Polemic, Networking and their Interplay. Some Preliminary
Comments 11
Part 1
PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS AND TRADITIONS
Marco Donato
Polemics in the ‘Pseudoplatonica’. The Academy’s Agenda and
the Renaissance of Socratic Dialogue 39
Wim Nijs
‘Graeculus et Adsentator’. Philodemus’ Defence of Epicurean
Friendship and Frank Speech in Roman Society 65
Chiara Militello
Replying to Stoics as the Basis of True Aristotelianism. The
Significance of Polemics in Alexander of Aphrodisias’ Commen-
taries and Treatises 93
Part 2
BIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE
Olivier Demerre
Hermogenes’ ‘Life’. Stylistic Debates and Circles in Philostratus’
‘Lives of the Sophists’ 119
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Han Baltussen
Polemic, Personality and the Iamblichan Circle in Eunapius’
‘Lives of Philosophers and Sophists’ (‘VPS’) 151
Corentin Tresnie
Biography as Implicit Philosophical Polemics. Porphyry’s ‘Life
of Plotinus’ and Iamblichus’ ‘Pythagorean Life’ 177
Part 3
GRAMMARIANS AND RHETORICIANS
Ute Tischer
Comparison and Competition. Cicero, Virgil and the Authority
of the Interpreter 205
Joshua M. Smith
(Mis)Reading the Poet. A Networking Strategy in Ancient
Criticism 233
Bruno Marien
Recommendation in Late Antique Epistolographers in the Con-
text of Personal Networks. The Example of Libanius and Other
Fourth-Century Letter Writers 259
Part 4
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Eva Falaschi
Competing (in) Art. Rivalry Among Greek Artists and its Re-
ception in the Imperial Age 291
Thorsten Fögen
Rival or Ally? Competition, Controversy and Polemics in Ancient
Technical Discourse. Case Studies on Ethnicity and Religious
Affiliation 317
Argyro Lithari
Platonic Teachings and Astronomers’ Hypotheses in the Pro-
emium of Proclus’ ‘Hypotyposis Astronomicarum Positionum’.
Between Opposition and Agreement 361
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Part 5
CHRISTIAN AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN POLEMIC
Irmgard Männlein-Robert
Subtle Battles or: Platonic Exegesis as Polemical Strategy in
Porphyry 385
Benjamin De Vos
The ‘Pseudo-Clementine Homilies’ and the Art of ‘Fake News’.
Deceptions and Dissimulations Aimed at the ‘Gentile’ Audience 423
Peter Gemeinhardt
Polemics and Networking in Fourth-Century Trinitarian
Debates. Athanasius’ Writings from his Third Exile Revisited 461
index nominvm 499
index locorvm 507
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