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This book began to take shape following a conference on the Statue of Zeus at Olympia held at the University of Queensland in July 2008. In line with the main themes of the conference, the book has two fundamental aims: the first is to recognise the unsu.

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.

This article proposes a speculative solution to a problem recently discovered in the Parthenon building-account inscriptions. As restored, the accounts (IG 13 449, lines 389-94) specify the purchase and sale of a large lot of ivory quite late in the building's construction. Where was this ivory used? Since the ivory cannot readily be connected to Pheidias' chryselephantine image of Athena, this material can be associated with the decoration of the Parthenon's enormous cedar doors. In addition to a range of epigraphical and structural evidence supporting this hypothesis, the literary and archaeological data suggest a long tradition of adorning doors with gold and ivory in Greek sacred architecture. The Parthenon was a fundamental part of this tradition. Indeed, by creating a gold and ivory frame to complement and emphasize Pheidias' gleaming statue, the Parthenon's designers played on ancient expectations regarding divine images and enhanced the epiphanic effect of Pheidias' masterpiece and the Parthenon as a whole. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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According to an old story, he was busy chiseling the strands of her hair at the back of her head when an onlooker commented, \"That figure is to stand 100 feet high, with its back to a wall.

Extrait: \"Il est très difficile de dégager une réalité historique du milieu des légendes qui avaient cours en Grèce sur les origines de la sculpture. Quand les Grecs ont commencé à s'inquiéter de leur histoire, ils avaient des rapports fréquents avec des peuples plus anciens qu'eux. Ils ont trouvé naturel d'attribuer leur éducation artistique aussi bien que leur initiation religieuse à des colonies égyptiennes ou asiatiques.\"À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARANLes éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de grands livres de la littérature classique mais également des livres rares en partenariat avec la BNF. Beaucoup de soins sont apportés à ces versions ebook pour éviter les fautes que l'on trouve trop souvent dans des versions numériques de ces textes.LIGARAN propose des grands classiques dans les domaines suivants: • Livres rares • Livres libertins • Livres d'Histoire • Poésies • Première guerre mondiale • Jeunesse • Policier

Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common sense guide for modern leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel toHow to Win an Election, gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders--including America's Founding Fathers--for two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written. Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.

Lapatin examines the philological and archaeological evidence that techniques of softening ivory and manipulating its shape were employed by Pheidias and his successors in the production of monumental statues.

The ancient Greek sculptor who created the now-destroyed statue of Zeus at Olympia -- one of the Seven Wonders of the World -- may still have his chiseled physique and mighty hammer, but his marble body is coated in scum, and his pinky finger is gone. To this day, the piece has the power to stir the emotions of City Councilman Andy Protogyrou, who graduated from VMI in 1984.