On the Sublime
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781543232059
Paperback|9781543232059
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Accredited with writing a number of literary works, this disciple of Plotinus was "the most distinguished scholar of his day." Cassius received his education at Alexandria and became a teacher himself. First teaching at Athens, Cassius later moved to Asia Minor, where he achieved the position of advisor to the queen of Palmyra, Zenobia. Cassius is also a dubious possibility for author of the treatise, since it is notable that no literature later than the 1st century AD is mentioned (the latest is Cicero, dead in 43 BC), and the work is now usually dated to the early 1st century AD. The work ends with a dissertation on the decay of oratory, a typical subject of the period in which authors such as Tacitus, Petronius and Quintilian, who also dealt with the subject, were still alive. Longinus was the minister of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra. He was executed by Aurelian, the Roman emperor who conquered Palmyra. The reason for his execution in 273 AD, were on charges of conspiring against the Roman state. This was most likely because of what Longinus had written for Queen Zenobia of Palmyra while she was still in power. Longinus is reported to have written answers for the Queen, which were used in response to Aurelian, the man who would soon rise to power as the Roman emperor.
| ISBN-13 | 9781543232059 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1543232051 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 11.00 x 8.50 x 0.09 In |
| List Price | $9.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 38 pages |
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| Published On | 2017-02-20 |
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