Around the Sophist Julian: Rhetorical Schools in Athens in the Fourth Century A. D.
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2687-0967-2022-49-4-767-783Keywords:
Athenian rhetorical schools, Julian of Cappadocia, Proeresius, Late Antique rhetoricians, Late Antique sophistsAbstract
This paper examines the problem of Athenian rhetorical education in the 4th century, the heyday of rhetorical schools in Athens. The main Athenian schools of this period, known from written sources, are considered. The article summarizes data on personalities – the heads and graduates of these schools, investigates their biography, scientific works and corporate ties. This data will help us to reconstruct the system of Athenian rhetorical schools of the 4th century A. D. for the entire period of their development, to identify their students. One of the main schools of Athens was the school of the sophist Julian of Cappadocia, whose heir was the famous rhetorician Proeresius. This school is glorified in the work of its graduate Eunapius «The Life of Philosophers and Sophists». But besides it, in Athens there were a number of rhetorical schools competing with it, which were often no less successful, their existence is reflected in the Byzantine dictionary «Suda» (лат. Suidae Lexicon). In addition to historical, biographical and prosopographic analysis, the article summarizes data on the structure of the Athenian chairs of orators of the 4th century A. D. in accordance with the status of the city, determines their regional specifics and presents the features of their functioning.
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