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Philostratus - Greek Culture in the Roman World Ewen Bowie
Philostratus - Greek Culture in the Roman World
Ewen Bowie
The first volume of its kind to be devoted to the works of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian of Greek culture in the Roman world. The papers contained cover his remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue, and from prescriptions for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists.
414 pages, 11 b/w illus. 4 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 16, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521827201 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
| Pages | 414 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 32 mm · 740 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bowie, Ewen (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) |
| Editor | Elsner, Jas (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) |