The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature Methodius of Olympus' Symposium and the Crisis of the Third Century
Book contents
- The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Mapping Third-Century Literature from the Severans to Constantine
- Chapter 2 The End of Dialogue?
- Chapter 3 Compilation and Unity in Imperial Sympotic Traditions
- Chapter 4 Rhetoric and the Problem of Rivalry
- Chapter 5 The Lyric Tradition and Changing Hymnic Forms
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - Rhetoric and the Problem of Rivalry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2019
Book contents
- The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Mapping Third-Century Literature from the Severans to Constantine
- Chapter 2 The End of Dialogue?
- Chapter 3 Compilation and Unity in Imperial Sympotic Traditions
- Chapter 4 Rhetoric and the Problem of Rivalry
- Chapter 5 The Lyric Tradition and Changing Hymnic Forms
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Silence is a good thing … If you will learn and discover, silence is a friend and a fellow-worker. But seeking eloquence and aptitude, you will find it in speech and nowhere else, or in words and in their continuous practice.
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- The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial LiteratureMethodius of Olympus' Symposium and the Crisis of the Third Century, pp. 163 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019