The Children of Athena
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The Children of Athena

Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 BC-400 AD

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The Children of Athena

Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 BC-400 AD

About this book

A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome. In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions of Greek cultural life continued to flourish during the centuries of Roman rule that followed—in the lives and work of a distinguished array of philosophers, doctors, scientists, geographers, and theologians. Charles Freeman's accounts of such luminaries as the physician Galen, the geographer Ptolemy, and the philosopher Plotinus are interwoven with contextual "interludes" that showcase a sequence of unjustly neglected and richly influential lives. A cultural history on an epic scale, The Children of Athena presents the story of a rich and vibrant tradition of Greek intellectual inquiry across a period of more than five hundred years, from the second century BC to the start of the fifth century AD.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2023
Edition
0
eBook ISBN
9781639365166
Topic
History
Subtopic
Philosopher Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue: The Banquet
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction: Greece Becoming Roman
  6. Chapter 2: Scrolls, Education and Travel
  7. Chapter 3: Philosophy and its Schools
  8. Chapter 4: The Historian: Polybius
  9. Chapter 5: The Polymath: Posidonius
  10. Chapter 6: The Geographer: Strabo
  11. Interlude One: The Res Gestae of Augustus and the Sebasteion of Aphrodisias
  12. Chapter 7: The Botanist: Dioscorides
  13. Chapter 8: The Philosopher and Biographer: Plutarch
  14. Interlude Two: Hadrian and the Patronage of Greek Culture
  15. Chapter 9: The Stoic Philosopher: Epictetus
  16. Chapter 10: The Politician, Historian and Philosopher: Arrian of Nicomedia
  17. Chapter 11: The Geographer and Astronomer: Claudius Ptolemy
  18. Chapter 12: The Satirist: Lucian of Samosata
  19. Chapter 13: The Medical Man: Galen
  20. Chapter 14: The Travel Guide: Pausanias
  21. Interlude Three: City Life in Second-century Asia Minor: Sagalassos
  22. Chapter 15: The Politician and Orator: Dio Chrysostom
  23. Chapter 16: The Rhetorician: Aelius Aristides
  24. Chapter 17: The Politician and Philanthropist: Herodes Atticus
  25. Interlude Four: The Clouds Darken: The Greek World in an Age of Crisis
  26. Chapter 18: The Philosopher: Plotinus
  27. Chapter 19: The Platonic Theologian: Clement of Alexandria
  28. Chapter 20: The Biblical Scholar: Origen
  29. Interlude Five: Constantinople and the Promulgation of Christian Orthodoxy
  30. Chapter 21: The Court Orator: Themistius
  31. Chapter 22: The Last of the Pagan Orators: Libanius
  32. Chapter 23: The Neoplatonist Philosopher and Mathematician: Hypatia
  33. Chapter 24: Afterlives
  34. Photographs
  35. Acknowledgements
  36. About the Author
  37. Bibliography and Notes on Sources
  38. Index
  39. Picture Credits
  40. Copyright

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