Description: Most of the papers in this volume derive from a confrence entitled Rethinking late Hellenistic literature and the Second Sophistic, held at the School of Classics, University of St. Andrews.
Brief description: Jason König is a Professor of Classics at the University of St. Andrews. He has published widely on the Greek literature and culture of the Roman Empire. His books include Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire (Cambridge, 2005) and Saints and Symposiasts: The Literature of Food and the Symposium in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Culture (Cambridge, 2012).