Identity and Difference in Aelius Aristides’ “Regarding Sarapis”

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ID11809248
AuthorsJanet M Atwill (corresponding author), Josie Portz (0009-0002-0599-0827, University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year2019
Volume22
Issue2
Pages179-193
Publication date2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdvances in the History of Rhetoric (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1536-2426 • E-ISSN: 1936-0835
PublisherThe Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/15362426.2019.1618056
OpenAlexW2954312230
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This article posits that bringing diversity to histories of rhetoric may require not only revising canons but also “unwriting” the narratives of Western civilization in which canonical figures have been cast. Two conventions of these narratives are of special significance: fixed identities and narrative coherence. Focusing on the cultural contexts of Aelius Aristides’ “Regarding Sarapis,” we suggest that these conventions obscure the cultural differences that were always there

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Civilization · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Diversity (politics · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Rhetoric · Sociology · Anthropology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy

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