Heroicus. Gymnasticus. Discourses 1 and 2 (Loeb Classical Library 521)

by Philostratus (Author)

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  2014

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  Philostratus's writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century CE. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body.