Libanius on Constantine again
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9667198 |
|---|---|
| Authors | PIERRE-LOUIS MALOSSE, Pierre‐Louis Malosse (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 519-524 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/47.2.519 |
| OpenAlex | W2148503627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
H.-U. Wiemer opposes the image which Libanius gives of Constantine in his fifty-ninth oration ( Panegyric of Constantius and Constans ) to that which emerges from his later works, especially those of the Theodosian period when hostility is obvious, mirroring the opinion of pagan circles, who held this Emperor responsible for most of the calamities endured by the Empire in the fourth century. As the epideictic genre required, in 344/5 or in 348/9 the father had to be praised so that the sons could be praised too. However, Wiemer claims that ‘the panegyric of 344/5 already foreshadows the critical view’, by remaining silent about Christianity, the founding of Constantinople, and the tax policy on the one hand, and on the other hand by clearly declaring Constantine responsible for the war against Persia, which troubled the entire reign of Constantius. I wish to supplement these remarks with a few others and to suggest that the portrait of Constantine in Oration 59 presents us with a case of ‘disguised intention’—a rhetorical proceeding based on ὑποδήλωσις and παραψόγους: the orator tries to convey a message that is different from his apparent intentions, even opposite to them
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Christianity · Emperor · Empire · Homily · Literature · Ninth · Panegyric · Period (music · Poetry · Political science · Portrait · Reign · Rhetorical question · Sophist · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |