Hecuba revisited: Euripidean Echoes in Libanius Or. 22.22
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Quiroga Puertas, Alberto J.Editorial
Duke University Libraries
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Antioch (Libanius) Hecuba Magister militum Pagan paideia
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2014Referencia bibliográfica
Quiroga Puertas, A. Hecuba revisited: Euripidean Echoes in Libanius Or. 22.22. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 54: 69-86 (2014). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31823]
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Research for this paper received financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Research Group FFI2012- 32012).Abstract
In describing a woman’s supplication of a magister militum after the Antioch riots of 387, Libanius revised Chrysostom’s version so as to invoke Hecuba and show the humanity of the magister militum and the value of pagan paideia.