The Representation of Theatricality in Philos Embassy to Gaius

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" The Representation of Theatricality in Philos Embassy to Gaius "
Ellen Muehlberger

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1074733
Doc. No	:	LA118362
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006308X246017‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ellen Muehlberger
Title & Author	:	The Representation of Theatricality in Philos Embassy to Gaius [Article]\ Ellen Muehlberger
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	39/1
Page No	:	46–67
Abstract	:	In this paper I argue that Philo's Embassy to Gaius makes use of the literary paradigm of theatricality, a strategy of representation marked by the portrayal of multiple and competing discourses amongst those in unequal relations of power, as well as an emphasis on the arts of acting and discernment. The Embassy marks an appearance of the theatrical paradigm which is earlier than its use by Tacitus, whose portrayal of Nero in the Annals Shadi Bartsch has seen as the harbinger of this theme in Roman historiography. In this paper I argue that Philo's Embassy to Gaius makes use of the literary paradigm of theatricality, a strategy of representation marked by the portrayal of multiple and competing discourses amongst those in unequal relations of power, as well as an emphasis on the arts of acting and discernment. The Embassy marks an appearance of the theatrical paradigm which is earlier than its use by Tacitus, whose portrayal of Nero in the Annals Shadi Bartsch has seen as the harbinger of this theme in Roman historiography.
Descriptor	:	EMBASSY TO GAIUS
Descriptor	:	EMPEROR-SUBJECT RELATIONS
Descriptor	:	PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA
Descriptor	:	TACITUS
Descriptor	:	THEATRICALITY
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006308X246017‬