Dio Chrysostom in Exile
Or. 36.1 and the Date of the Scythian Journey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664533 |
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| Authors | Tønnes Bekker‐Nielsen (0000-0003-4628-5411, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author), Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen, George Hinge (0000-0002-9304-5579, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 747-755 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838815000361 |
| OpenAlex | W2468696848 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In the opening chapter of his thirty-sixth oration, Dio Chrysostom tells his listeners how in the course of a journey ‘through the lands of the Scythians to that of the Getae’, he stopped over in the city of Borysthenes (Olbia) ‘in the summer after my exile’ (τὸ θέρος ... μετὰ τὴν φυγήν). Dio had been exiled by Domitian, probably in a.d. 83 or 84; since his exile ended after the death of Domitian in September 96, it is generally accepted that his visit to Borysthenes took place in the summer of 97
Ancient history · Art · John Chrysostom · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History
| Highly cited | No |
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