Hecuba revisited: Euripidean Echoes in Libanius Or. 22.22

Abstract

In describing a woman’s supplication of a magister militum after the Antioch riots of 387, Libanius revised Chrysostom’s version so as to invoke Hecuba and show the humanity of the magister militum and the value of pagan paideia.Research for this paper received financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Research Group FFI2012- 32012)