@book {691806, title = {The Roman World of Dio Chrysostom}, year = {1978}, pages = {208}, publisher = {Harvard University Press}, organization = {Harvard University Press}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, abstract = {

The Greek orator Dio Chrysostom is a colorful figure, and along with Plutarch one of the major sources of information about Greek civilization during the early Roman Empire.\ Christopher P. Jones\ offers here the first full-length portrait of Dio in English and, at the same time, a view of life in cities such as Alexandria, Tarsus, and Rhodes in the first centuries of our era.

Skillfully combining literary and historical evidence, Mr. Jones describes Dio{\textquoteright}s birthplace, education, and early career. He examines the civic speeches for what they reveal about Dio{\textquoteright}s life and art, as well as the life, thought, and language of Greek cities in this period. From these and other works he reinterprets Dio{\textquoteright}s attitude toward the emperors and Rome. The account is as lucid and pleasantly written as it is carefully documented.

}, url = {http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674181342}, author = {Christopher P. Jones} }