The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy, edited by R. Bracht Branham and Marie Odile Goulet Caze, University of California Press, 1996, is the definitive scholarly collection on ancient Cynicism, covering the movement's whole history and legacy across classicist, comparatist and philosophical contributors, including Antisthenes's teaching at the Cynosarges gymnasium set apart for citizens of mixed or non Athenian parentage, and the movement's more theatrical later shape under his student Diogenes of Sinope. Its strength is that it is the definitive scholarly collection on the subject. Its limit is that an edited collection's chapters vary in argument and emphasis across contributors; a specific claim should be attributed to its own chapter within the volume.
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The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy, edited by R. Bracht Branham and Marie Odile Goulet Caze, University of California Press, 1996, the top tier reflecting the definitive scholarly collection on ancient Cynicism, drawing together classicist, comparatist and philosophical contributors. Its limit is that an edited collection's chapters vary in argument and emphasis across contributors, so a specific claim should be attributed to its own chapter. NotesThe definitive scholarly collection on ancient Cynicism, covering the whole movement's history and legacy across classicist, comparatist and philosophical contributors. Covers Antisthenes's teaching at the Cynosarges gymnasium set apart for citizens of mixed or non-Athenian parentage, and the movement's more theatrical later shape under his student Diogenes of Sinope.
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AuthorR. Bracht Branham and Marie-Odile Goulet-Caze (eds.)
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publication Year1996
Source TypeEdited collection
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- Articles, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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