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‘Philip Bosman has brought together a distinguished group of scholars, who have illuminated this complex topic from a number of important and fascinating angles. Thus, anyone concerned with the intersections of the world of the mind and the world of politics in ancient Greece and Rome will find much of value here.’ – Michael Peachin, New York University, USA Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity This volume deals with the interaction between public intellectuals of the late Hellenistic and Roman era, and the powerful individuals with whom they came into contact. How did they negotiate power and its abuses? How did they manage to retain a critical distance from the people they depended upon for their liveli- hood, and even their very existence? These figures include a broad range of prose and poetry authors, dramatists, historians and biographers, philosophers, rhetori- cians, religious and other figures of public status. The contributors to the volume consider how such individuals positioned themselves within existing power matrices, and what the approaches and mechanisms were by means of which they negotiated such matrices, whether in the form of opposition, compromise or advo- cacy. Apart from cutting-edge scholarship on the figures from antiquity investigated, the volume aims to address issues of pertinence in the current political climate, with its manipulation of popular media, and with the increasing interference in the affairs of institutions of higher learning funded from public coffers. Philip R. Bosman (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) specialises in intellectual history, Hellenistic philosophy and Greek literature of the imperial age. He has published articles and edited volumes on a range of topics related to Greco- Roman antiquity. His monograph Conscience in Philo and Paul: A Conceptual History of the Synoida Word Group was published in 2003. Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity Edited by Philip R. Bosman First published 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Philip R. Bosman; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Philip R. Bosman to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bosman, Philip, editor. Title: Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity / edited by Philip R. Bosman. Description: London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017060566 (print) | LCCN 2018020334 (ebook) | ISBN 9781315146393 (ebook) | ISBN 9781351379816 (web pdf) | ISBN 9781351379809 (epub) | ISBN 9781351379793 (mobi/kindle) | ISBN 9781138505094 (hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Greece—Civilization—To 146 B.C. | Civilization, Classical. Classification: LCC DF77 (ebook) | LCC DF77 .I58 2018 (print) | DDC 938/.08—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060566 ISBN: 978-1-138-50509-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-14639-3 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Keystroke, Neville Lodge, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton Contents List of figures ix List of contributors xi Preface xv 1 Enlightened Kings or Pragmatic Rulers? Ptolemaic Patronage of Scholarship and Sciences in Context 1 FRANCESCA SCHIRONI 2 How (not?) to Talk to Monarchs: The Case of the Epicurean Diogenes of Seleucia 30 CLIVE CHANDLER 3 A Disillusioned Intellectual: Timagenes of Alexandria 43 LIVIA CAPPONI 4 Reassessing Ovid’s Image of Tiberius and his Principate 63 SANJAYA THAKUR 5 Entangled Imperial Identities: Citizen, Subject, and Mentor in Plutarch’s Aratus 89 MALLORY MONACO CATERINE 6 The Misleading Representation of Dion as Philosopher- General in Plutarch’s Life 102 RICHARD EVANS 7 Magister Domino: Intellectual and Pedagogical Power in Fronto’s Correspondence 116 NOELLE ZEINER-CARMICHAEL viii Contents 8 Marcus Aurelius, Greek Poets, and Greek Sophists: Friends or Foes? 142 EWEN BOWIE 9 Entertainers, Persuaders, Adversaries: Interactions of Sophists and Rulers in Philostratus’ Lives of Sophists 160 KATARZYNA JAŻDŻEWSKA 10 Lucian on Roman Officials 178 HEINZ-GÜNTHER NESSELRATH 11 How to Flatter an Imperial Mistress: The Image of Panthea in Lucian’s Imagines 189 BALBINA BÄBLER 12 Speaking Truth to Power: Julian, the Cynics, and the Ethiopian Gymnosophists of Heliodorus 202 JOHN HILTON Index 216 Figures 11.1 Plaster Cast of Aphrodite of Cnidus (Aphrodite Beschi). Photo: Stephan Eckardt, Archäologisches Institut Göttingen, Germany. 191 11.2 Plaster Cast of Aphrodite Sosandra of Calamis. Photo: Stephan Eckardt, Archäologisches Institut Göttingen, Germany. 192 11.3 Plaster Cast of Athena Lemnia. Photo: Stephan Eckardt, Archäologisches Institut Göttingen, Germany. 193 11.4 Plaster Cast of the Wounded Amazon by Phidias. Photo: Stephan Eckardt, Archäologisches Institut Göttingen, Germany. 194
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