
Unclassical Traditions,
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From the Chronological Tables of Eusebius of Caesarea to the Brevarium of Festus and from the imperial panegyric to the Byzantine liturgy, eight papers explore how the persistence, dominance and normative nature of the classical tradition in its various forms could be negotiated, undermined, ironized or even flatly denied. Whether in the hands of Christian bishops such as Ambrose of Milan or Basil of Caesarea, or in the poetry of Ausonius or in the lives of the saints, many central aspects of late-antique culture here emerge as the product of a combination of authoritatively classical and avowedly unclassical traditions.
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- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The shape of the past: Eusebius of Caesarea and Old Testament history
- 2 The emperor's new past: re-enactment and inversion in Christian invectives against Constantius II
- 3 'gog is the goth': biblical barbarians in Ambrose of Milan's De fide
- 4 The liturgical creation of a Christian past: identity and community in anaphoral prayers
- 5 The Roman world of Festus' Breviarium
- 6 sine numine nomina: Ausonius and the Oulipo
- The Manna from Uncle: Basil of Caesarea's Address to Young Men
- 8 The origins of hagiography and the literature of early monasticism: purpose and genre between tradition and innovation
- Bibliography
- Index
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