The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens

by Romilly, Jacqueline De; Lloyd, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780198238072
• ISBN10: 019823807X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-10
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

The arrival of the Sophists in Athens in the middle of the fifth century B.C. was a major intellectual event, for they brought with them a new method of teaching founded on rhetoric and bold doctrines which broke away from tradition. In this book de Romilly investigates the reasons for the initial success of the Sophists and the reaction against them, in the context of the culture and civilization of classical Athens.

Author Biography

Jacqueline de Romilly is a Member of the French Academy and was, until her retirement in 1983, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the College de France. She was the first woman Professor at the College, and the first woman elected to the Academie des Inscriptions et des Belles-Lettres.

Table of Contents

1 The Rise and Success of the Sophists	1	(29)
2 A New Teaching	30	(27)
3 Rhetorical Education	57	(36)
4 The Doctrines of the Sophists: A Tabula Rasa	93	(41)
5 The Dangers of the Tabula Rasa: Immoralism	134	(28)
6 Reconstruction on the Basis of the Tabula Rasa	162	(27)
7 Recovering the Virtues	189	(24)
8 Politics	213	(21)
Conclusion and Afterthoughts	234	(9)
Bibliographical Notes	243	(2)
Chronological Table	245	(2)
Index	247	(11)
Supplementary References	258	(1)
Translator's Note on Greek and Latin Texts	259