Guardians of Language : The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity

by: Kaster, R.A.

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What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools"—the schools of grammar and rhetoric—in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their methods and standing despite the political and religious changes that had taken place around them?The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. Introducing his students to correct language and to the literature esteemed by long tradition, he began the education that confirmed his students' standing in a narrowly defined elite. His profession thus contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. The grammarian received honor—and criticism; the profession gave the grammarian a firm sense of cultural authority but also placed him in a position of genteel subordination within the elite.Robert A. Kaster provides the first thorough study of the place and function of these important but ambiguous figures. He also gives a detailed prosopography of the grammarians, and of the other "teachers of letters" below the level of rhetoric, from the middle of the third through the middle of the sixth century, which will provide a valuable research tool for other students of late-antique education.

Preface ix (6)
Abbreviations xv
PART I
3 (228)
Prologue: Anazarbus 3 (6)
Letters in the World
9 (88)
Chapter 1: The Guardian and His Burden
15 (17)
Chapter 2: Professio Litterarum
32 (65)
Some Variable Definitions
35 (15)
Independence and Constraint
50 (20)
Polished Speech, the Common Good, and Christianity
70 (27)
Mediocrity
97 (38)
Chapter 3: The Social Status of the Grammarians
99 (36)
Bordeaux
100 (6)
Beyond
106 (29)
A Place to Stand
135 (64)
Chapter 4: Pompeius
139 (30)
Chapter 5: Servius
169 (30)
Gentlemen and Scholars
199 (32)
Chapter 6: The Social Relations of the Grammarians
201 (30)
PART II PROSOPOGRAPHY
231 (212)
Grammatici, XXX, Magistri Ludi, and the Like
237 (143)
Dubii, Falsi, Varii
380 (63)
Appendixes 443 (36)
Appendix 1: Titles, Styles, Circumlocutions: A Selection 443 (4)
Appendix 2: XXX Meaning XXX 447 (6)
Appendix 3: XXX as Epithet and Personal Name 453 (2)
Appendix 4: The Number of Grammarians at Bordeaux 455 (8)
Appendix 5: Geographical-Chronological List of Teachers 463 (16)
Bibliography 479 (32)
Index 511

Subjects:
Civilization
Classical philology Study and teaching
Classical philology Study and teaching Rome History
Education
Education Rome History
Education, Ancient
Éducation Rome Histoire
Éducation antique
HISTORY Ancient Rome
History
Language teachers
Language teachers Rome
Philologie ancienne Étude et enseignement Rome Histoire
Rome (Empire)
Rome Civilisation
Rome Civilization
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics Rome
Sociolinguistique Rome

Guardians of Language : The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity

by: Kaster, R.A.

• ISBN-13: 9780520212251 / 978-0-520-21225-1
• ISBN-03: 0520212258 / 0-520-21225-8
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 1988

Price: 42,85 EURO

1 copy in stock