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Greek Literature and the Roman Empire Literature, Power, and Culture A Geography of the Imagination Imitation and Identity The Politics of Imitation PART ONE: THE POLITICS OF IMITATIO1 i. Repetition: The Crisis of Posterity A Secondary Society Repetition and Mimesis Rescuing Mimesis Sublime Mimesis Art and Artifice Conclusion: From 'Past and Present' to 'Prior and Posterior' 2. Education: Strategies of Self-Making Strategies of Self-Making Paideia and Social Status Paideia and Gender Paideia and Hellenism Pedagogy, Identity, Power PART TWO: GREECE AND ROME 3. Rome Uncivilized: Exile and the Kingdom Exile and the Kingdom Musonius Rufus, the 'Roman' 'Socrates' Dio Chrysostom: Exile and Sophistry Favorinus: Exile and Literary Alienation Conclusion 4. Civilizing Rome: Greek Pedagogy and the Roman Emperor Staging Philosophy: The Dionic Man The Kingship orations: Performance and/of Power Staging the Self: Sophistry in Motion Greek Pedagogy and Roman Rule Marcus Aurelius: Internalized Pedagogy Dio and Philostratus Conclusion: On Kingship 5. Satirizing Rome: Lucian Satire and Satirical Identity Rome, City of Spectacles The Satirical Show Nigrinus: Yearning for Philosophy The Wrongs of Passage: On salaried posts Conclusion Conclusion Appendices: i. Translation of Favorinus, On Exile (P.Vat. Ii) 2. The Performative Context of Dio's Kingship orations References Index Locorum Index of Greek Words General Index