New lights on the Second Sophistic

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https://doi.org/10.25187/codex.v5i2.12281

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rhetoric, Philostratus the Elder, second sophistic, cultural memory

Abstract

The study of the period known as the Second Sophistic, thus coined by Philostratus the Elder, has been swiftly rising in academia. As sophistic rhetoric is rehabilitated in the study of philosophy and literature -- a significant movement in academia since at least the 1960s -- the comprehension of early-Roman Empire literary practices and its auctoritates is being modified, leaving behind long-lasting stigmas. This study aims at compiling the most relevant aspects of sophistic practice during the period, gathering the most important scholarly contributions to it, in order to introduce the reader into one of the most proficient epochs of Roman history through the approach contemporarily adopted to it.

Author Biographies

Paulo Martins, University of São Paulo

Professor Livre-Docente do Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil; Pesquisador do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Visiting Professor no King's College London e Visiting Fellow na Yale University.

Pedro Zanetta Brener, University of São Paulo

Graduando de Letras (Grego e Português) da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil; bolsista de Iniciação Científica da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), sob a orientação do Prof. Dr. Paulo Martins.

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Martins, P., & Brener, P. Z. (2017). New lights on the Second Sophistic. CODEX - Revista De Estudos Clássicos, 5(2), 11–28. https://doi.org/10.25187/codex.v5i2.12281

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