Silent Eloquence: Lucian and Pantomime Dancing [Annotated] 0715634917, 9780715634912

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Silent Eloquence: Lucian and Pantomime Dancing [Annotated]
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One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in wh

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One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in wh

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Branham expounds with sophistication and subtlety the essential ingredients of Lucian's satirical humor. He makes f

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Lucian lived in the second century AD and though his mother tongue was probably Aramaic he was famous for his witty sati

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Provides an index of the passages in which Lucian quotes from, alludes to, or borrows expressions and thoughts from Gree

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On Eloquence questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subset of rhetoric, a means toward a rhetorical

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