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A professor of Greek rhetoric, frequent letter writer and influential social figure, Libanius (AD 314-393) is a key author for anybody interested in Late Antiquity, ancient rhetoric, ancient epistolography and ancient biography. Nevertheless, he remains understudied because it is such a daunting task to access his large and only partially translated oeuvre. This volume, which is the first comprehensive study of Libanius, offers a critical introduction to the man, his texts, their context and reception. Clear presentations of the orations, progymnasmata, declamations and letters unlock the corpus, and a survey of all available translations is provided. At the same time, the volume explores new interpretative approaches of the texts from a variety of angles. Written by a team of established as well as upcoming experts in the field, it substantially reassesses works such as the Autobiography, the Julianic speeches and letters, and Oration 30 For the Temples.

Libanius --- Libanios --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Livaniĭ --- Libanio

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From constructing new buildings to describing rival-controlled areas as morally and physically dangerous, leaders in late antiquity fundamentally shaped their physical environment and thus the events that unfolded within it. Controlling Contested Places maps the city of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) through the topographically sensitive vocabulary of cultural geography, demonstrating the critical role played by physical and rhetorical spatial contests during the tumultuous fourth century. Paying close attention to the manipulation of physical places, Christine Shepardson exposes some of the powerful forces that structured the development of religious orthodoxy and orthopraxy in the late Roman Empire.Theological claims and political support were not the only significant factors in determining which Christian communities gained authority around the Empire. Rather, Antioch's urban and rural places, far from being an inert backdrop against which events transpired, were ever-shifting sites of, and tools for, the negotiation of power, authority, and religious identity. This book traces the ways in which leaders like John Chrysostom, Theodoret, and Libanius encouraged their audiences to modify their daily behaviors and transform their interpretation of the world (and landscape) around them. Shepardson argues that examples from Antioch were echoed around the Mediterranean world, and similar types of physical and rhetorical manipulations continue to shape the politics of identity and perceptions of religious orthodoxy to this day.

HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology. --- RELIGION / Christianity / General. --- Church history --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Antioch (Turkey) --- Antioch --- Antakya (Turkey) --- Antakiya (Turkey) --- Antiokhii︠a︡ (Turkey) --- Antiokheia (Turkey) --- Antakye (Turkey) --- Antakiyah (Turkey) --- Antioche (Turkey) --- Antioch on the Orontes (Turkey) --- Hatay (Turkey) --- Antiochea (Turkey) --- Antiochia (Turkey) --- Antiocheia (Turkey) --- Antiochia Syriae (Turkey) --- Religious life and customs. --- Church history. --- antakya. --- christian communities. --- christianity. --- city of antioch. --- cultural geography. --- fourth century history. --- geography. --- god and religion. --- history. --- john chrysostom. --- late antiquity. --- late roman empire. --- libanius. --- mediterranean world. --- negotiation of power. --- physical environment. --- physical space contests. --- physical spaces. --- politics of identity. --- politics. --- religious identity. --- religious orthodoxy. --- religious orthopraxy. --- religious. --- rhetorical space contests. --- theodoret. --- topographically sensitive vocabulary. --- topography. --- turkey.