Second Sophistic
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The Second Sophistic was a cultural and rhetorical movement of the Roman Imperial period marked by a revival of classical Greek oratory and literary style among elite intellectuals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Sophistic canonical | 15 |
| Greek Second Sophistic movement | 1 |
| Second Sophistic (broadly associated) | 1 |
| Second Sophistic period | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5562451 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sophistic Context triple: [Libanius, movement, Second Sophistic]
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A.
Silver Age of Latin literature
The Silver Age of Latin literature was a period of the early Roman Empire marked by highly rhetorical, stylistically elaborate Latin prose and poetry produced by authors such as Tacitus, Seneca, and Juvenal.
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B.
late Plato
Late Plato refers to the final period of Plato’s philosophical work, characterized by more complex, often critical treatments of his earlier theories, especially in dialogues like the Laws.
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Hellenistic period
The Hellenistic period was an era from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Roman Empire, marked by the widespread diffusion and blending of Greek culture with those of Egypt, the Near East, and Central Asia.
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D.
Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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Augustan age
The Augustan age was a golden era of Roman literature and culture under Emperor Augustus, marked by political consolidation, artistic flourishing, and the works of major poets such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sophistic Target entity description: The Second Sophistic was a cultural and rhetorical movement of the Roman Imperial period marked by a revival of classical Greek oratory and literary style among elite intellectuals.
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A.
Silver Age of Latin literature
The Silver Age of Latin literature was a period of the early Roman Empire marked by highly rhetorical, stylistically elaborate Latin prose and poetry produced by authors such as Tacitus, Seneca, and Juvenal.
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B.
late Plato
Late Plato refers to the final period of Plato’s philosophical work, characterized by more complex, often critical treatments of his earlier theories, especially in dialogues like the Laws.
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C.
Hellenistic period
The Hellenistic period was an era from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Roman Empire, marked by the widespread diffusion and blending of Greek culture with those of Egypt, the Near East, and Central Asia.
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D.
Middle Platonism
Middle Platonism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods that revived and systematized Plato’s ideas, blending them with elements of Aristotelianism and Stoicism and laying groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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E.
Augustan age
The Augustan age was a golden era of Roman literature and culture under Emperor Augustus, marked by political consolidation, artistic flourishing, and the works of major poets such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural movement
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literary movement ⓘ rhetorical movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| chronologicalEnd | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| chronologicalPeak | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| chronologicalStart | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Greek culture under Roman rule ⓘ |
| emphasis |
atticizing style
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classical Greek models ⓘ display oratory ⓘ literary classicism ⓘ paideia (elite education) ⓘ philhellenism ⓘ public declamation ⓘ rhetorical performance ⓘ rhetorical virtuosity ⓘ |
| function |
articulation of Greek cultural identity
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elite self-representation ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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epideictic oratory ⓘ local history ⓘ paradoxography ⓘ rhetorical declamations ⓘ sophistic dialogues ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Asia Minor
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Greece ⓘ Rome ⓘ eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Mediterranean
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| influenced |
late antique Greek literature
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later Byzantine rhetoric ⓘ |
| intellectualMilieu | Roman Imperial elite culture ⓘ |
| keySource |
Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists
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linked to:
Philostratus’ Imagines
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| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainFeature |
revival of classical Greek literary style
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revival of classical Greek oratory ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Aelius Aristides
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Dio Chrysostom ⓘ Favorinus of Arelate ⓘ Herodes Atticus ⓘ Lucian of Samosata ⓘ Maximus of Tyre ⓘ Philostratus ⓘ Polemon of Laodicea ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Atticism
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Greek identity under Rome ⓘ Greek paideia ⓘ |
| socialBase |
Greek-speaking elites
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urban intellectuals ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Roman Imperial period
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linked to:
Roman Empire
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Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Second Sophistic
subject linked to:
Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes
linked to: Second Sophistic
linked to: Second Sophistic