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Gellius the Satirist Mnemosyne Supplements Monographs on Greek and Roman Language and Literature EditorialBoard G.J. Boter A. Chaniotis K. Coleman I.J.F. de Jong P.H. Schrijvers VOLUME297 Gellius the Satirist Roman Cultural Authority in Attic Nights By Wytse Keulen LEIDEN•BOSTON 2009 Onthecover:HarmodiusandAristogeiton,RomancopyofalostGreeksculpture(Museo Nazionale,Naples,inv.6009),photographusedwithkindpermissionoftheSoprintendenza specialeperibeniarcheologicidiNapoliePompei. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Keulen,WytseHette. Gelliusthesatirist:RomanculturalauthorityinAtticnights/byWytseKeulen. p.cm.--(Mnemosynesupplements:monographsonGreekandRomanlanguageand literature;v.297) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-16986-9(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Gellius,Aulus.NoctesAtticae.2.Gellius,Aulus--Criticismandinterpretation.3. Rome--Inliterature.I.Title. PA6391.K482009 878’.01--dc22 2008038911 ISSN: 0169-8958 ISBN:9789004169869 Copyright2009byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. Brillhadmadeallreasonableeffortstotraceallrightholderstoanycopyrightedmaterialused inthiswork.Incaseswheretheseeffortshavenotbeensuccessfulthepublisherwelcomes communicationsfromcopyrightholders,sothattheappropriateacknowledgementscanbe madeinfutureeditions,andtosettleotherpermissionmatters. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. printedinthenetherlands FürThomas CONTENTS Preface ................................................................. xi Introduction............................................................ 1 part one constructing authority . : gellius roman cultural programme ’ ChapterOne.GelliustheRomanEducationalist.................... 17 ThePraefatio:ProtocolsofAuthority.............................. 17 TheRomanlifeoflearning:Gelliusversus‘theGreeks’.......... 24 Vindicating eliteauthority:Gelliusagainstthegrammatici......... 28 Imageryofeducation:breastfeedingandpureLatinity........... 32 ChapterTwo.MemoryandAuthority ............................... 37 Commentarii andchreiai:theutilityofcommemoration............. 37 TheinstabilityofFronto’scharismatic authority.................. 39 Playfulauthority(1):Menippean listsandimperialmemory ..... 46 Playfulauthority(2):Frontoniantriflesandimperial education.. 51 ‘GelliusMenippeus’:emulatingFrontoasarbiteroftaste ........ 58 ChapterThree.Saturnalian LicenceandSocraticIrony............ 67 Legitimatespaceforjest:Gelliusassectator ........................ 67 ScrutinisingSocraticexposure ..................................... 71 Instructiverole-reversals: obnoxius (6,17) ........................... 76 Thedefinition ofpenus (4,1):Gellius’authoritativeplatform ..... 87 part two playing with reputations . : rehabilitation as political satire ‘ ’ ChapterFour.Favorinusasa‘ComicAuthorityFigure’............. 97 Thechreia andtherhetoricofhumour............................. 97 Favorinus andSocrates:ambiguous physiognomies...............100 Socraticself-exposure...............................................104 Gellius’politicsofrehabilitation ...................................106 viii contents ChapterFive.ExposinghisOwnInfamy:Avariceand Unmanliness ........................................................113 The‘doublebind’ofRomanmanhood............................113 Avariceasdisloyaltytowardsthestate .............................118 Philologyasavehicleofsatire (3,1;3,19) .........................120 Ambiguous gender(penus),ambiguousamicus (4,1)................126 ChapterSix.DemonstrationandRefutation:‘Investigational Rhetoric’ ............................................................135 Authorisinghumour:enthymemeandantithesis..................135 Exposingdemagogyanddeception:Gelliusoncontio(18,7)......138 ChapterSeven.Favorinus’ControversialAuthority .................155 Favorinus’programmatic role......................................155 Thingswithouthonour:theparadox ofpraisingasophist .......156 ThecontroversialityofAcademic Scepticism .....................160 Stereotypingthepolymathrival(20,1;14,6)......................170 Themanlyadviceofaeunuch (14,2)..............................174 Subversiveauthority:FavorinusandSocrates.....................178 part three gellius ideological authority the . ’ : charisma of antiquitasin a sophistic context ChapterEight.TheImperial ContextofGellius’Authority ........193 Modestyandcautioninaddressingthepowerful .................193 Idealreader, existimator:theemperor’s omnipresence .............198 (1)taedium:‘rankingdisgust’......................................199 (2)theambiguous rhetoricofphilologicaltopics ...............203 (3)existimatio:canonisationandeliteformation .................207 ChapterNine.Gellius’SymbouleuticAuthority .....................215 Theamicusminor andtheamicusmaior ..............................215 NoctesAtticae as‘praeceptageneralia’fora‘iudex’(14,2)...............221 Thetwilightzonebetweenfriendshipandpolitics(1,3) ..........229 Gellius’consiliumasa‘politicsofcandour’ .........................233 ChapterTen.ComparativeJudgments inRomanSitesofMemory 237 Shapingperceptions:space,comparison,andthegaze...........237 Imperial monumentsandtextsas‘transmittersofmemory’......239 Monumentalwritersunderimperialscrutiny .....................241 contents ix Imperial education:CatotheElderasapoliticalexemplum .......246 Thebestofbothworlds:CatotheElderasthebettersophist....252 CatotheElder,theeloquentphilosopher-statesman(6,3)........258 Gellius’politicalconsiliuminanAntoninecontext.................264 ChapterEleven.ComparativeJudgmentsinGreekSitesof Memory.............................................................269 HerodesAtticus’controversialpersonality.........................269 Herodes’villa,symbolofseductionandconflict ..................272 Theuncontrolledstatesmanunderimperial control..............282 Theambitious sophistandthesubversivephilosopher(9,2) .....288 HerodesthetyrantandtheliberatorsofAthens ..................296 Gellius’politicalsatireasasignofthetimes ......................310 Conclusion:ConstructingCulturalandPoliticalContinuity........313 Bibliography ...........................................................323 IndexLocorum ........................................................333 Index NominumetRerum............................................345 Index Verborum LatinorumetGraecorum ..........................359

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This monograph presents an original portrait of the second-century miscellanist Aulus Gellius, based on a detailed reading of "Attic Nights" against its contemporary background. Highlighting Gellius' use of humour and irony in his portrayals of controversial celebrities such as Favorinus and Herodes

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