Favorinus Versus Epictetus on the Philosophical Heritage of Plutarch.

Opsomer, Jan

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“…On Gellius' favoritism, seeBeall 2001. See Peuch 1992, 4850 for a brief synopsis of Favorinus' appearances in Plutarch and the contributions byBowie 1997 andOpsomer 1997 in Plutarch and His World. 14 On Dio Chrysostom as Favorinus' teacher see Philostr.…”

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The Upright Man: Favorinus, his Statue, and the Audience that Brought it Low

Brod¹

2019

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This article analyzes the performative strategies employed by Favorinus in his Corinthian Oration. Previous scholarship has focused on two aspects of this speech: on the ways in which Favorinus agonistically alludes to Corinthian history, thereby challenging the city’s authority to dismantle his statue; and second, on his insistence that identity is constructed by paideia, a claim that is representative of second century Greek elite culture. I follow the general line of interpretation elaborated in these readings but draw out an aspect of Favorinus’ rhetorical strategy that has been overlooked. Inspired by recent feminist critiques of rectitude and straightness, I argue that Favorinus relies on an orientating rhetoric in order to both resurrect his statue and assert his masculinity against imputations of effeminacy.Artemis Brod is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Classical Studies department at Indiana University, Bloomington. Currently, she is working on a book project called As Myself: Recognition and Performance in Greek Imperial Oratory in which she investigates techniques of self-presentation used by sophists to gain recognition—aesthetic and social—from their audiences. More broadly, she is interested in representations of the body and narrative form in second century CE literature. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 2016.

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The Upright Man: Favorinus, his Statue, and the Audience that Brought it Low

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“…23 23 On Favorinus, see Ioppolo (1993, 1994, 2002), Holford‐Strevens (1997), Opsomer (1997), Bonazzi (2003a: 158–70), and Lévy (2009). An edition and French translation of Favorinus’ extant works and fragments has been undertaken by the Collection des Universités de France.…”

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Ancient Skepticism: Overview

Machuca

2011

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Scholarship on ancient skepticism has witnessed a remarkable renaissance in the last three decades. Specialists in ancient philosophy have explored the complex history of the Greco‐Roman skeptical traditions and discussed difficult philological and exegetical issues. But they have also assessed the philosophical significance of the various ancient skeptical outlooks. In this first paper, I provide a general presentation of this area of study, while in the two subsequent articles I will focus on some of the topics that have been the object of much attention in the recent literature on ancient skepticism.

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Reading Miscellany in the Roman Empire

DiGiulio

2024

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Aulus Gellius and his sole surviving work, the Noctes Atticae (NA), have long stood on the periphery of classical scholarship. This second-century ce compilation, conventionally termed a miscellany, collects vast amounts of otherwise lost ancient literature, and the depictions of scholarly activity throughout the work have led some to see in Gellius a kindred spirit—a classicist avant la lettre. Yet, the NA is a fascinating work of literature in its own right, depicting the intellectual and literary culture at the height of the Roman Empire and offering invaluable evidence for the evolution of Latin prose as a literary form in the Antonine period. In contrast to previous scholarship that looks past the randomness of the NA, this book argues that the conceit of disorder enabled Gellius to probe the nature of reading in the second century ce. Gellius’ central preoccupation is articulating a distinct set of “ways of reading” that may be employed to navigate the web of literature in the Roman Empire. In turn, each of these ways of reading—through material framing devices, focal characters, recurrent citations in dialogue with one another, and allusive references to other near-contemporary works—can be used to examine Gellius’ collection and appreciate its literary qualities. Incorporating inter- and intratextual analysis alongside narratology-informed approaches, this book investigates the strategies used by Gellius to innovate within the Latin literary tradition and provides a framework for interpreting his varietas on its own terms.

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Favorinus Versus Epictetus on the Philosophical Heritage of Plutarch.

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The Upright Man: Favorinus, his Statue, and the Audience that Brought it Low

The Upright Man: Favorinus, his Statue, and the Audience that Brought it Low

Ancient Skepticism: Overview

Reading Miscellany in the Roman Empire

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