Companion to Late Antique Literature

Scott McGill is Professor of Classics at Rice University. He is the author of Plagiarism in Latin Literature and Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Virgilian Centos in Antiquity and the translator of Juvencus' Four Books of the Gospels. Edward J. Watts is Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair and Professor of History at University of California, San Diego. He is the author of four books including The Final Pagan Generation and Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher.

• Notes on Contributors ixPART ONE Late Antique Literature by Language and Tradition 1Introduction 3Scott McGill and Edward J. Watts1 Greek 9Scott Fitzgerald Johnson2 Latin 27Ian Wood3 Syriac 47John W. Watt4 Coptic 61David Brakke5 Armenian 75Robin Darling Young6 Georgian 87Stephen H. Rapp, Jr.7 Middle Persian (Pahlavi) 103Touraj Daryaee8 Languages of Arabia 123Kevin T. van BladelPART TWO Literary Forms 1419 Classicizing History and Historical Epitomes 143Michael Kulikowski10 Ecclesiastical History 161Peter Van Nuffelen11 Chronicles 177R.W. Burgess12 Epideictic Oratory 193Alex Petkas13 Panegyric 209Roger Rees14 Epic Poetry 221Mary Whitby and Michael Roberts15 Epigrams, Occasional Poetry, and Poetic Games 241Bret Mulligan16 Christian Poetry 259Laura Miguélez‐Cavero and Scott McGill17 Prosimetra 281Joel C. Relihan18 Philosophical Commentary 297Han Baltussen19 Biblical Commentary 313Marie‐Pierre Bussières20 Christian Theological Literature 327Josef Lössl21 Sermons 343Jaclyn Maxwell22 Travel and Pilgrimage Literature 359Jan Willem Drijvers23 Biography, Autobiography, and Hagiography 373Sarah Insley and Jeanne‐Nicole Mellon Saint‐Laurent24 Epistolography 389Cristiana Sogno and Edward J. Watts25 Pseudepigraphy 401Javier Martínez26 Legal Texts 417Charles N. Aull27 Handbooks, Epitomes, and Florilegia 431Marietta Horster and Christiane Reitz28 Grammar 451Alessandro Garcea29 School Texts 471Lillian I. Larsen30 Literature of Knowledge 491Marco Formisano31 Inscriptions 505Raymond Van Dam32 Translation 523Daniel King33 Antiquarian Literature 539Christopher KellyPART THREE Reception 55534 Late Antique Literature in Byzantium 557Anthony Kaldellis35 The Arabic Reception of Late Antique Literature 569Kevin T. van Bladel36 Late Antique Literature in the Western Middle Ages 583Joseph Pucci37 Early Modern Receptions of Late Ancient Literature 597Diane Shane Fruchtman38 Edward Gibbon and Late Antique Literature 611Gavin Kelly39 Nineteenth‐ and Twentieth‐Century Visions of Late Antique Literature 627James UdenIndex 643