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Gymnastics of the Mind

Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

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Gymnastics of the Mind

Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

By: Raffaella Cribiore

This book is at once a thorough study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. It describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. Raffaella Cribiore draws on over 400 papyri, ostraca (sherds of pottery or slices of limestone), and tablets that feature everything from exercises involving letters of the alphabet through rhetorical compositions that represented the work of advanced students. The exceptional wealth of surviving source material renders Egypt an ideal space of reference. The book makes excursions beyond Egypt as well, particularly in the Greek East, by examining the letters of the Antiochene Libanius that are concerned with education. The first part explores the conditions for teaching and learning, and the roles of teachers, parents, and students in education; the second vividly describes the progression from elementary to advanced education. Cribiore examines not only school exercises but also books and commentaries employed in education--an uncharted area of research. This allows the most comprehensive evaluation thus far of the three main stages of a liberal education, from the elementary teacher to the grammarian to the rhetorician. Also addressed, in unprecedented detail, are female education and the role of families in education. Gymnastics of the Mind will be an indispensable resource to students and scholars of the ancient world and of the history of education.

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Princeton University Press

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0691122520

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The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

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This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant educator, though somewhat gloomy and anxious by nature. She traces how he cultivated a wide network of friends and former pupils and courted powerful officials to recruit top students. Cribiore describes his school in Antioch--how students applied, how they were evaluated and trained, and how Libanius reported progress to their families. She details the professional opportunities that a thorough training in rhetoric opened up for young men of the day. Also included here are translations of 200 of Libanius's most important letters on education, almost none of which have appeared in English before. Cribiore casts into striking relief the importance of rhetoric in late antiquity and its influence not only on pagan intellectuals but also on prominent Christian figures. She gives a balanced view of Libanius and his circle against the far-flung panorama of the Greek East.

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Princeton University Press

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0691171351

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Listening to the Philosophers

Notes on Notes

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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Listening to the Philosophers

Notes on Notes

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Listening to the Philosophers offers the first comprehensive look into how philosophy was taught in antiquity through a stimulating study of lectures by ancient philosophers that were recorded by their students. Raffaella Cribiore shows how the study of notes—whether Philodemus of Gadara's notes of Zeno's lectures in the first century BCE, or Arrian recording the Discourses of Epictetus in the second century CE, or the students of Didymus the Blind in the fourth century and Olympiodorus in the sixth century—can enable us to understand the methods and practices of what was an orally conducted education. By considering the pedagogical and mnemonic role of notetaking in ancient education, Listening to the Philosophers demonstrates how in antiquity the written and the spoken worlds were intimately intertwined.

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Cornell University Press

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1501774786

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The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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Libanius the Sophist

Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century

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Libanius the Sophist

Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century

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Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the Eastern Empire. In this book, Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of Libanius’s vast literary output—including 64 orations, 1,544 letters, and exercises for his students—to offer the fullest intellectual portrait yet of this remarkable figure whom John Chrystostom called "the sophist of the city."Libanius (314–ca. 393) lived at a time when Christianity was celebrating its triumph but paganism tried to resist. Although himself a pagan, Libanius cultivated friendships within Antioch’s Christian community and taught leaders of the Church including Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea. Cribiore calls him a "gray pagan" who did not share the fanaticism of the Emperor Julian. Cribiore considers the role that a major intellectual of Libanius’s caliber played in this religiously diverse society and culture. When he wrote a letter or delivered an oration, who was he addressing and what did he hope to accomplish? One thing that stands out in Libanius’s speeches is the startling amount of invective against his enemies. How common was character assassination of this sort? What was the subtext to these speeches and how would they have been received? Adapted from the Townsend Lectures that Cribiore delivered at Cornell University in 2010, this book brilliantly restores Libanius to his rightful place in the rich and culturally complex world of Late Antiquity.

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0801469074

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Listening to the Philosophers

Notes on Notes

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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Notes on Notes

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Gymnastics of the Mind

Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

By: Raffaella Cribiore

The book makes excursions beyond Egypt as well, particularly in the Greek East, by examining the letters of the Antiochene Libanius that are concerned with education." "Gymnastics of the Mind will be an indispensable resource to students and scholars of the ancient world and of the history of education."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton University Press

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0691002649

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An Oasis City

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Nicola Aravecchia,Raffaella Cribiore,Paola Davoli,Olaf E. Kaper,Susanna McFadden

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An Oasis City

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Nicola Aravecchia,Raffaella Cribiore,Paola Davoli,Olaf E. Kaper,Susanna McFadden

Scattered through the vast expanse of stone and sand that makes up Egypt’s Western Desert are several oases. These islands of green in the midst of the Sahara owe their existence to springs and wells drawing on ancient aquifers. In antiquity, as today, they supported agricultural communities, going back to Neolithic times but expanding greatly in the millennium from the Saite pharaohs to the Roman emperors. New technologies of irrigation and transportation made the oases integral parts of an imperial economy. Amheida, ancient Trimithis, was one of those oasis communities. Located in the western part of the Dakhla Oasis, it was an important regional center, reaching a peak in the Roman period before being abandoned. Over the past decade, excavations at this well-preserved site have revealed its urban layout and brought to light houses, streets, a bath, a school, and a church. The only standing brick pyramid of the Roman period in Egypt has been restored. Wall-paintings, temple reliefs, pottery, and texts all contribute to give a lively sense of its political, religious, economic, and cultural life. This book presents these aspects of the city’s existence and its close ties to the Nile valley, by way of long desert roads, in an accessible and richly illustrated fashion.

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NYU Press

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147986031X

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Amheida III

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 2

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni Ruffini,Rodney Ast,Raffaella Cribiore,Günther Vittmann,Clementina Caputo

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Amheida III

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 2

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni Ruffini,Rodney Ast,Raffaella Cribiore,Günther Vittmann,Clementina Caputo

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Note on Editorial Procedure -- Works Cited -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Archaeological Contexts -- 3. Ceramic Fabrics and Shapes Clementina Caputo -- 4. Wells -- 5. Tenants -- 6. The Circle of Serenos -- 7. The Hand of Serenos -- 8. Government -- 9. Shortened Personal Names -- 10. Gena, Ploutogenes, and Louia: Traces of a Local Cult in the Dakhla Oasis? -- 11. Autourg(os) -- Part II: Texts, Translations, and Commentaries -- 1. Occupation Levels -- 2. Dumped Material -- 3. Mixed Material in DSU 60 and 93 -- 4. Material from Area 4 -- Indexes -- Concordance -- Corrections to O. Trim. 1

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1479853747

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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800

By: Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore

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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800

By: Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore

The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest

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University of Michigan Press

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047203622X

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9780472036226

An Oasis City

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Nicola Aravecchia,Raffaella Cribiore,Paola Davoli,Olaf E. Kaper,Susanna McFadden

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An Oasis City

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Libanius the Sophist

Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century

By: Raffaella Cribiore

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Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century

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Amheida I

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni R. Ruffini

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Amheida I

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 1

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni R. Ruffini

This volume presents 455 inscribed pottery fragments, or ostraka, found during NYU’s excavations at Amheida in the western desert of Egypt. The majority date to the Late Roman period (3rd to 4th century AD), a time of rapid social change in Egypt and the ancient Mediterranean generally. Amheida was a small administrative center, and the full publication of these brief texts illuminates the role of writing in the daily lives of its inhabitants. The subjects covered by the Amheida ostraka include the distribution of food, the administration of wells, the commercial lives of inhabitants, their education, and other aspects of life neglected in literary sources. The authors provide a full introduction to the technical aspects of terminology and chronology, while also situating this important evidence in its historical, social and regional context.

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0814745261

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Amheida III

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 2

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni Ruffini,Rodney Ast,Raffaella Cribiore,Günther Vittmann,Clementina Caputo

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Amheida III

Ostraka from Trimithis, Volume 2

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Giovanni Ruffini,Rodney Ast,Raffaella Cribiore,Günther Vittmann,Clementina Caputo

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Ostraka from Trimithis

Greek Texts from the 2008-2013 Seasons

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Clementina Caputo,Raffaella Cribiore

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Greek Texts from the 2008-2013 Seasons

By: Roger S. Bagnall,Clementina Caputo,Raffaella Cribiore

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Gymnastics of the Mind

Gymnastics of the Mind

The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

Listening to the Philosophers

Listening to the Philosophers

The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch

Libanius the Sophist

Libanius the Sophist

Listening to the Philosophers

Listening to the Philosophers

Gymnastics of the Mind

Gymnastics of the Mind

An Oasis City

An Oasis City

Amheida III

Amheida III

Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800

Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800

An Oasis City

An Oasis City

Libanius the Sophist

Libanius the Sophist

Amheida I

Amheida I

Amheida III

Amheida III

Ostraka from Trimithis

Ostraka from Trimithis

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