Libanios und Julian - Hans-Ulrich Wiemer
Studien zum Verhältnis von Rhetorik und Politik im vierten Jahrhundert n. Chr.
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?The emperor Julian is one of the historical figures that every generation feels impelled to examine anew. Like Alexander the Great, he had a brief but meteoric career, full of passionate action and visionary plans. Unlike Alexander he ultimately had little impact upon the world around him. Also unlike Alexander, he can be seen directly through abundant contemporary writings - both his own and detailed impressions of him recorded by one of his admiring contemporaries. The huge funeral speech by the rhetor Libanius and the six speeches he composed either for or about the emperor constitute a major historical source from a highly intelligent observer. Amazingly, in spite of all the attention that has been devoted to Julian, the world has had to wait until now for a systematic study of his relationship with Litanies as mirrored in the Julianic speeches. (?) W.?s book (?) has a clear and reasonable structure that puts Libanius? oeuvre in the foreground rather than the life of Julian. The argument is lucid and con...
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München, 1995. XII,408p. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Series: Vestigia, 46. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: WIEMER, H.-U.,] [Uitgever: Beck] [Jaar: 1995] [Titel: Libanios und Julian. Studien zum Verhältnis von Rhetorik und Politik im vierten Jahrhundert n. Chr.]
