Tabla de Contenidos: “…An Analogical Model for the Study of Archaic Greek Epic -- To Speak Like a Bird: Beyond a Literary Topos -- Epos and Paideia between Orality and Writing -- Muses and Teachers: Poets’ Apprenticeship in the Greek Epic Tradition -- From Oral Theory to Neuroscience: a Dialogue on Communication -- Plato and the Charm of Epideictics in the Menexenus -- Erga Gynaikon: Female Supremacy in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women -- Index of Discussed Passages -- Index of Notable Things…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : emperors, rhetoricians, and panegyric -- Panegyric, Paideia, and the (de)construction of the Emperor's image and power : Themistius, Julian and Constantius, c. 350-356 CE -- Panegyric, diplomacy, and (self-)presentation : Julian, Themistius, and Constantius in the West, 357-359 -- Laudatiua materia : panegyric, history, and legitimization in a period of imperial transition, 360-361 -- Panegyric, Consensus, and the reinforcement of nascent government : Claudius Mamertinus, Himerius, and Julian in Constantinople, 361-362 -- Panegyric, promotion, punishment, and advisement : Libanius and Julian in Antioch, 362-363 -- Conclusion : emperors, rhetoricians, anda the usefulness of praise -- Appendix A : the date of Themistius' Oration 1 -- Appendix B : Julian, an experienced soldier before his promotion to Caesar? …”