Raffaella Cribiore
Biographic Data
| ID | 2320637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raffaella Cribiore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raffaella |
| FAMILY NAME | Cribiore |
| SIGNATURE | CRIBIORE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Listening to an historian of ancient education
L’historienne de l’éducation Raffaella Cribiore s'est entretenue le 3 décembre 2022 avec Sophie Lalanne. Elle nous parle de son parcours académique en Italie et aux États-Unis, de ses recherches sur l’éducation dans l’Antiquité et de la manière dont les femmes ont pu à certaines époques de l’histoire du monde grec bénéficier de cette éducation
Classical Decadence or Christian Aesthetics?
Christian rhetoric veered off pagan classical rhetoric, but this phenomenon in my opinion started earlier and not only in Christian milieus. The new eloquence was the result of a trend to acquire education with a minimum amount of effort that was visible already in the writings of pagan rhetors such as Libanius. John Chrysostom and Augustine had a profound knowledge of rhetoric, yet they became aware that the observance of the principles of eloqu…
Letters, letter writing, Greece and Rome
It is not easy to define precisely the epistolary genre, and the ancient theorists' classifications are far from satisfactory. In general, a letter is a piece of writing from sender(s) to recipient(s), the former being physically separated from the latter. Contrary to what one expects, letters sent in antiquity were secure enough. Letters were also embedded in literature.
Different Ways of Life
The Dissemination of Texts in the High Empire
There were in the ancient world books that circulated without the direct authorization of authors, and versions of texts that competed with one another. These texts were disseminated before an author could emend them and release them to the public. This article focuses on books from the point of view of the author who wrote them, sometimes left them incomplete, distributed them informally, or lost sight of them. It argues that we should recognize…
Inscriptions from Tombs at Bir esh-Shaghala
Excavations during the past decade by the Supreme Council of Antiquities have uncovered a number of cemeteries belonging to the ancient city of Mut (Mothis in Greek), which was the capital of the Dakhleh Oasis. At one of these, Bir esh-Shaghala, these excavations have found several large mud-brick tombs which originally had pyramidal superstructures and subterranean burial chambers. The authors publish here, in advance of a full report on the sit…
Letters, letter writing, Greece and Rome
It is not easy to define precisely the epistolary genre, and the ancient theorists' classifications are far from satisfactory. In general, a letter is a piece of writing from sender(s) to recipient(s), the former being physically separated from the latter.
O. Florida inv. 21
Edition of O. Florida Inv. 21 (second/third century), first presented by R.S.B. at the Twenty-Fourth International Congress of Papyrology. The text (in prose, but unmistakably comic in vocabulary and tone) is a piece of speech (mime or erotic epistolary fiction?), and presents a scene involving a sexual triangle (a man, a barbarian woman, and the speaker, who is male or female)
The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch
This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant…
The Value of a Good Education
This chapter contains sections titled: The School of Libanius The Rival Studies The Prestige of Rhetoric The Education of the Governors Bibliographical Note
School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch
Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihoo…
A teacher's dipinto from Trimithis (Dakhleh Oasis)
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Gymnastics of the Mind
Gymnastics of the Mind
This book is at once a thorough study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. It describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. Raffaella Cribiore draws on over 400 papyri, ostraca (sherds of pottery or slices of limestone), and tablets that feature e…
Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Writing, Teachers and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Papyri problems and exercises on papyri and ostraca, work books, and text books provide some of the richest evidence for the processes of education in the Roman world. This study examines how the skill of writing was taught, and how it was learned.
A Homeric Exercise from the Byzantine Schoolroom
A teacher's dipinto from Trimithis (Dakhleh Oasis)
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A Homeric Exercise from the Byzantine Schoolroom
Writing, Teachers and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Papyri problems and exercises on papyri and ostraca, work books, and text books provide some of the richest evidence for the processes of education in the Roman world. This study examines how the skill of writing was taught, and how it was learned.
Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Gymnastics of the Mind
This book is at once a thorough study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. It describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. Raffaella Cribiore draws on over 400 papyri, ostraca (sherds of pottery or slices of limestone), and tablets that feature e…
Gymnastics of the Mind
A teacher's dipinto from Trimithis (Dakhleh Oasis)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch
This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire. He was a tenacious adherent of pagan religion and a friend of the emperor Julian, but also taught leaders of the early Christian church like St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. Raffaella Cribiore examines Libanius's training and personality, showing him to be a vibrant…
The Value of a Good Education
This chapter contains sections titled: The School of Libanius The Rival Studies The Prestige of Rhetoric The Education of the Governors Bibliographical Note
School of Libanius in Late Antique Antioch
Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihoo…
O. Florida inv. 21
Edition of O. Florida Inv. 21 (second/third century), first presented by R.S.B. at the Twenty-Fourth International Congress of Papyrology. The text (in prose, but unmistakably comic in vocabulary and tone) is a piece of speech (mime or erotic epistolary fiction?), and presents a scene involving a sexual triangle (a man, a barbarian woman, and the speaker, who is male or female)
Letters, letter writing, Greece and Rome
It is not easy to define precisely the epistolary genre, and the ancient theorists' classifications are far from satisfactory. In general, a letter is a piece of writing from sender(s) to recipient(s), the former being physically separated from the latter.
Inscriptions from Tombs at Bir esh-Shaghala
Excavations during the past decade by the Supreme Council of Antiquities have uncovered a number of cemeteries belonging to the ancient city of Mut (Mothis in Greek), which was the capital of the Dakhleh Oasis. At one of these, Bir esh-Shaghala, these excavations have found several large mud-brick tombs which originally had pyramidal superstructures and subterranean burial chambers. The authors publish here, in advance of a full report on the sit…
Letters, letter writing, Greece and Rome
It is not easy to define precisely the epistolary genre, and the ancient theorists' classifications are far from satisfactory. In general, a letter is a piece of writing from sender(s) to recipient(s), the former being physically separated from the latter. Contrary to what one expects, letters sent in antiquity were secure enough. Letters were also embedded in literature.
Different Ways of Life
The Dissemination of Texts in the High Empire
There were in the ancient world books that circulated without the direct authorization of authors, and versions of texts that competed with one another. These texts were disseminated before an author could emend them and release them to the public. This article focuses on books from the point of view of the author who wrote them, sometimes left them incomplete, distributed them informally, or lost sight of them. It argues that we should recognize…
Classical Decadence or Christian Aesthetics?
Christian rhetoric veered off pagan classical rhetoric, but this phenomenon in my opinion started earlier and not only in Christian milieus. The new eloquence was the result of a trend to acquire education with a minimum amount of effort that was visible already in the writings of pagan rhetors such as Libanius. John Chrysostom and Augustine had a profound knowledge of rhetoric, yet they became aware that the observance of the principles of eloqu…
Listening to an historian of ancient education
L’historienne de l’éducation Raffaella Cribiore s'est entretenue le 3 décembre 2022 avec Sophie Lalanne. Elle nous parle de son parcours académique en Italie et aux États-Unis, de ses recherches sur l’éducation dans l’Antiquité et de la manière dont les femmes ont pu à certaines époques de l’histoire du monde grec bénéficier de cette éducation
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